| 单词 | downward |
| 例句 | Dark fears clutched Taran, as though the Lord of Annuvin himself had opened an abyss at his feet and he was hurtling downward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, you know about the tree,” I tried to let my face fall guiltily, but it felt instead as though it were being dragged downward. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z One time it had pulled loose from the tree, and both she and Peris had swung downward, then up and out over the middle of the river before falling off, tumbling into the cold water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The little wings could be tilted upward or downward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It sloped steeply downward and there were little railway tracks on the floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Two lines led downward from the corners of her mouth; between them was her chin, clenched like a fist. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Guenever saw it, however, or felt it in her heart She turned her thumb down, over the edge of the box, and secretly jabbed it downward several times. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z From that point on the path led through a wood and downward toward the valley of a stream which joined the one surrounding the castle. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And then he turns his hand upside down so that the bill sticks to his fingers even as they’re pointed downward, seeming to defy the pull of gravity for it to drop to the ground. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The ones who practiced the shy, downward glance, who pretended giggly outrage when a boy made a suggestive remark, who waited to be seen and never made the first move. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And there—she was never all her life long to forget it—he threw himself, face downward, on his bed and wept. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z After penetrating Garfield's skin about three and one-half inches to the right of his backbone, the bullet traveled downward and broke the two lowest ribs on his right side. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her wide oval face is cast downward like she’s gazing lovingly over a child, and her wings rise from her back like freedom. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She spun like a ballerina and slashed downward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Approaching the sea the land had begun to slope gently, the hills were brushed downward, the earth was smoothing itself, and the rivers straightened for the final run to the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he fell face downward on the turf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I stabbed downward, but he rolled aside and regained his footing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z That night marks my life’s dark center, the moment when growing up ended and the long downward slope toward death began. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It sank downward a bit, leaving a space at the top. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The eyes slanted downward, never blinking, unfeeling as a snake’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other end a small lip curves downward. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He laid the point of his sword between Daenerys's breasts and slid it downward, over the curve of her belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the upheaval the steps collapsed and he felt himself falling downward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The room it opens into is full of feathers that flutter downward. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This room has ceilings that slope downward toward the pillow of my bed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled her downward, then let go before they both fell into the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She almost asked, but Shay came to a sudden halt and pointed downward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Fern looped the watch around her arm so the face sat on her wrist instead of dangling downward, like usual. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The lieutenant moved off, downward into the dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She shakes the pan to loosen the crepe, then angles it downward and swoops it in a circle. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He grabbed my wrist and folded it, bending my fingers downward so they reached uncomfortably toward the inside of my forearm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His eyes, slanting downward like the eyes of a fish, were expressionless as dried-up wells. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy’s father walked with his chin slightly downward, his hands stuffed in his pockets. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head felt light, as if the house were in an elevator heading swiftly downward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His heart was hammering again in aching terror as he hurtled upward and downward through the blind gangs of flak charging murderously into the sky at him, then sagging inertly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The board inched downward, metal-detector fights flickering off one by one as the magnets lost their grip. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The bow pitches downward into a trough, and a wave hits us head-on. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He pulls the chair back and takes a seat, tenting his fingers, pointing his chin downward. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She kept her chin tucked coyly downward, sending her hair into a beautiful cascade of shimmering black, but her eyes peeked up at him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The glass structure was set in the center, and the lead sloped slightly downward all around toward a gutter inside the parapet, with square drainage holes in the stone for rainwater. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead, and a little to their right, there was at last a slope: a slope downward and hummocks of rock on each side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Many of those at the table looked downward, startled, for the sound had seemed to issue from below their feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Whatever the truth of the matter, the raid was a turning point for Elizebeth and William—and the start of a downward spiral. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She pulled and pulled, and with her great strength was able to angle the beam downward until the broken end was nearly touching the rubble below. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The bow tilted downward, and the next thing I knew we were all in the water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For him, as they moved forward in a group—trying not to be too conspicuous about passing other groups ahead of them—he felt more like he was on a constant downward slide into despair. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel spiraled gently downward, the ceiling supported by white stone arches that reminded Frank of a whale’s rib cage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Moushumi smiles as she always smiles for a camera, her mouth closed, her head tilted slightly downward and to the left. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Buzz’s arm was jerked downward, and before he could move it back up to his electrical panel, I felt us begin to topple over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The remaining rubber plug he then threw out of sight down the field, with a single lunge ending in a powerful downward thrust of his wrist. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She skipped sideways as Black Teeth slashed downward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Shortly before dusk, the trail led downward toward a shallow basin set with scrub and pines. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He was being dragged downward, the roaring growing louder... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She had not tied her wrapper over her nightdress, and I could make out the downward slope of her breasts, the slight swell of her belly underneath the sheer fabric. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were cast downward and his face was a bright pink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In midflight the dragon-Ged raised wings, stopped, and stooped as the hawk stoops, talons outstretched downward, striking and bearing the other down by neck and flank. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z With a cry and a splash he fell face downward into deep swift water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He felt a hand touch his shoulder; he did not turn round; his eyes looked downward and saw the man’s gleaming black shoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun moved downward toward the bare stone teeth of the mountains, and Kino set his direction for a dark and shadowy cleft in the range. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It was better that a spear point should stay an the shield, rather than glance off upward or downward, and perhaps hit a more vulnerable point of the body armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets were leading downward, and before very long they opened out onto a broad avenue where more palm trees reached high into the air, the underside of their leaves glowing in the streetlights. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In that fashion, the security of these neighborhoods flowed downward and became the security of the bodies living there. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This brought on a downward spiral of mental instability. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “They didn’t like the food, I think?” she murmurs, her mouth turning downward. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Its fat sleek silver form drifted over the avenue of lights, and its own lights blazed downward from the nose and the cabin slung beneath the body . The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Both ends of the line were hooked, one directing downward, the other up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We believed in it, this downward motion: so lovely, like flying, and yet at the same time so dire, so extreme, so unlikely. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “They held their arms out in front of their chest like kangaroos,” said a high school girl, “with only their hands pointed downward.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I will be free now, and Gebu will hang head downward from the palace wall! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He was plummeting downward so fast, his clothes ballooned around him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Worsley stepped off into the air, plummeting downward with the rope whipping through his hands. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Propelled by her downward momentum, Kendra found herself taking larger steps than she wanted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She tried to mask the downward spiral of the conversation with a sympathetic smile, but we both knew what the ultimate outcome could end up being. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z My common sense did a rapid turnaround, and I headed cautiously downward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was so quiet that he could hear his throat squeeze the liquid downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His mouth was open in a furious snarl, and his claws—no muffling here!—stretched themselves between the bars in a downward swipe. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They left the men gazing downward and made a beeline to the far side of the camp. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The sulfur-colored mist extends downward to some 45 kilometers above the surface of Venus, where we emerge into a dense but crystal-clear atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The beak, hooked slightly downward at the end, was strong and sharp. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Their boots sank into the ooze, which produced a powerful downward suction, and with each step they would have to pull up hard to break the hold. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were only a few feet deep, wind-hollowed scoops, but they sloped slightly downward and back. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z There was some suggestion of downward motion, against one’s will and not with the will of anyone else. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It hung over the top of the closet door pointing steadily downward while it waited with every confidence for Jude to return. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The conversation took a downward turn from there, and even though none of them said what they were thinking, the evening ended on a grim note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As the nest pitched downward, my mouth filled with wet bonobo hair and my gut dropped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z No one had thought much before about the backyard’s downward slope, but that had counted too; she had rolled a bit before coming to a stop, which helped. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced downward and had to force himself to suppress a scream. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He cleaved downward at my head, but I wasn’t there. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He forced his eyes open as they went downward, downward, sliding, and all at once he could see lights, and he recognized them now. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth couldn’t see far in the hazy air, but the longer they walked, the more certain she became that the entire landscape was a downward curve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ogden had broken into a reluctant trot due to the steep downward slope. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I soared downward, but at a controlled angle, like a kite in a dive. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Each time he found himself looking on the level, instead of downward, into a Delta’s face, he felt humiliated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted downward toward the ankle sheath with him still on top of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The lower eyelids sag so much they almost look like a piece of invisible string is pulling them downward: you can see the red part on the inside, like they’re almost inside out. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z When it cleared, Nathan saw rows of rock spires on the ceiling that pointed downward like fangs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He began cutting downward through the coveralls along the inside seam. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In a great rush of excitement he dived downward after the streak of gold. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Unlike fog, it didn’t merely drift and settle, tumbling downward, heavier than the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I have seen the kicking feet and the two in black who now seize hold of them and drag downward with all their weight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z With this sad prediction the owl stepped through his doorway, spread his great wings and was gone, soaring silently downward into the shadowy woods below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The doctor held the detector over Garfield's back, moving it downward from the wound along the spine. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Angela asked a few quiet questions about the Macbeth paper, which I answered as naturally as I could while spiraling downward in misery. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The world went round and round as the cask rolled downward, then stopped with a crash that made him want to scream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was pouring downward—pouring itself downward—in a glorious, relentless glissade over the meadow slopes on a straight path for the village. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The boy lay face downward on the raft and talked to her. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He was killed in a one-car rollover several weeks later, speeding down 1-95 on an icy night, after which her mother, all of twenty- three, started a downward spiral she never recovered from. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The board slipped downward faster and faster, the metal-detector lights flickering out one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z One woman sat on the edge of our faded yellow sofa, her eyes cast downward, as she explained that her husband was out of work and they didn’t have money for a hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The ocean parted, leaving a path that led downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It's a long walk back to the cave though, even going downward, even with the rabbit to give us a boost. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After a while, they noticed that the ground seemed to be sloping downward, though the trees were as thick as ever. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I was still tugging it downward when we lined up on the stage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The woman waited, her knife hooked downward, her gloved left hand raised to protect her neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If I went for the body, the tail stabbed downward. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked downward and saw nothing but black darkness into which now and then a few flakes of white floated from the sky, falling slowly in the dim glow of the flashlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Higher, he thought as stones rattled downward under his feet. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Before he could recover his balance, he was sliding rapidly downward in a shower of loose stones and earth. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She is stuck in the middle, and middles are always a swamp of inertia, sucking downward. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The doors closed and he dropped downward through space, standing between four tall, silent men in blue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He could hold a spoon by wedging it between his index finger, which bowed upward, and his ring finger, which curved downward, but he ate with difficulty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I checked my rearview mirror to pull onto the highway, then reached up and shoved the mirror downward so it reflected Shawn’s face, blank and bloodied. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Light, the deep purple of the ocean and a reminder of the Pleiades Corporation, illuminates a stairwell spiraling downward into darkness. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The ones on top of him pointed downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The downward tone implied she didn’t want to, and wouldn’t care or reply if she did. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His sensitive eyes gazed gravely at the surrounding faces, swerved up to the shadowy hangman, then downward to his own manacled hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Groups of people begin to peel off into marked doorways and still Boggs directs me downward, until finally the stairs end at the edge of an enormous cavern. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The basalt highway led gradually downward, and after a while the slope increased, so the creatures could freewheel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I climbed the stairs slowly, the third one creaking, the fifth one slanting downward. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I watch it, hands on the edge of the tub, chin on hands, my body dragging downward from this ledge, not thinking about anything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The flood hurled them across the junction and into St. Aldate’s, where the downward slope of the street let the water rush on with even greater speed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His back is purplish-brown in the dim light, sloping downward from the gentle hump of his shoulders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As the men traced the path of the bullet—it had entered just below the crown, on a downward trajectory—there was no longer any doubt: Anna’s death had been cold-blooded murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The iron cage moved downward at the end of its long chain, creaking and rattling, until it finally jerked to a halt a foot above the ground at the base of the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There he hung or hoved, his vast ironic mouth permanently drawn downward in a kind of melancholy, his lean clean-shaven chops giving him an American expression, like that of Uncle Sam. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His sprained ankle throbbed as he forced the pedal downward in an effort that was almost beyond him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I fight off the panic, trying to keep my mind from spiraling downward, and force myself to even my breathing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Below them a steep, icy slope slanted downward. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I stole a glance at Tsalig for reassurance, but he kept his gaze directed downward and wouldn't meet my eyes as we passed by the guards and through the gate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z After picking up additional passengers, the train slipped into a tunnel that angled downward. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Several minutes went past, and Mrs. Coulter felt the train taking them downward, even deeper into the mountain’s heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My blade hit the base of Luke’s and I twisted, putting my whole weight into a downward thrust. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She screamed terribly and released the roofing which sailed away as she plunged downward into the water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z There was a dead silence while the electric clock chimed eleven times, and then the robopsychologist said, “Very peculiar,” and the corners of her lips moved downward. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Moving both downward and ahead on the ridge’s layered ledges. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He could feel the pull of the story, its inevitable downward turn. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ginny sat on the edge of the bed with her legs bowed out and her toes pointed downward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s no way to tell if the fire is spreading, downward or farther east or west. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The stone spun lazily downward into the crevice and out of sight, and ripples spread across the pool and died away, throwing reflections of my head lamp onto the wall of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned completely over to reveal a dark opening with a downward flight of stairs running off into the blackness below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Laila watched her put her thumb into its mouth, just over the lower jaw, push it in, and, in one downward stroke, remove the gills and the entrails. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He came to rest in the fern a few feet away, face downward, green arrow-feathers sticking from his neck below a golden collar. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I might get singed no matter how fast I climb, Frankie thought as he worked his way downward, trying not to grab on to anything that would injure his hands. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was in raking the yard, searching for nails and glass pieces blown over from Mr. Lucas’s house, that gave my eyes a downward place to look. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The Berg stopped up ahead, its blue thrusters pointing downward now as it hovered fifty feet or so above the Town Square, a roughly square-shaped area they’d left bare when building the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It slid smoothly downward, and opened onto a narrow catwalk in the huge engine room. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Rather than moving vertically downward, one may move horizontally outward toward a point of sufficient detachment where a modicum of creature comforts are not necessarily precluded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A flare burst high above, and another and another, drifting slowly downward with a magnesium-bright glare. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But his struggles only thrust him downward, his cries did not go upward, but rang in his own skull. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Eyes cast downward toward the floor, I’d watch the yellow traffic lines painted down the middle of most hallways to keep opposing traffic on its proper side. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had screeched and thrashed, but no matter how he struggled, he was forced downward. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Maybe just us three,” Nick says, carefully, eyes shifting downward. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The street took a dip downward, and Jim began to pick up speed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z On a second try three hundred yards away the wand seemed nearly torn downward out of his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At night, when Laila walked into Babi’s room, she always found the downward profile of his face burrowing into a book, his glasses perched on the tip of his nose. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At worst, unrestrained, a matching set of sharpened kitchen knives would be drawn across her optic nerve, and then again, with a greater downward pressure, and she would be entirely shut in and alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The gathering Woolf had felt in Seabiscuit vented itself in a massive downward push. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The worker gestures downward with his thumb to signal the crane operator to continue slowly lowering the granite panel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z My eyes followed its angle downward, to the gun pointed at Zu’s head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Wet with dew, straggly branches slapped and scratched at my legs and hid uneven ground so that several times I tripped, tumbling and sliding downward. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The ground was sloping downward now, and becoming more and more like a rubbish dump. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My mood spiraled downward and I skipped Advanced Sympathy in favor of going over the river to Imre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Streams of people are converging to form a river that flows only downward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Whatever it might be, the thing did not extend downward to the bottom: it was lying on the water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The machinery clangs downward and the lift clanks into place and Frederick pushes the wooden doors inward. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Victor felt as if he were made of ice from the knees downward, nothing but solid ice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was pouring earlier, great sheets of rain, and now the clouds outside the window are crystal tipped, like mountain peaks in the sky, rays emanating downward like an illustration in a children’s bible. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As he pulled himself upward, the lizards moved downward, keeping out of the sun's direct rays. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Whirling darkness came up from the North Whirling darkness moved along to the East It came along the South It arrived in the West Whirling darkness spiraled downward and it came up in the Middle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z On the other side, the staircase continued downward—in fact, it went so far down that she wondered if she were beneath the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The subject often casts her eyes downward in a modest or coy manner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stops at the far wall and slides one of the dark-wood panels open to reveal a curving stairway spiraling downward. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Looking more than a little distrait, she paused just long enough to push downward on Bloomberg’s roving hindquarters. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Red Pollard was sinking downward through his life with the pendulous motion of a leaf falling through still air. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She staggered down the hill—downward, ever downward—wincing with every step, letting him support her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The spike was still embedded in my leg, dragging me downward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The lift doors closed and the four of them trundled downward once more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Near the bottom of the hill they came upon another passage that branched off to their right and slanted steeply downward. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind the tributes across from me, I can see nothing, indicating either a steep downward slope or even cliff. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Instantly, a white sheet of wind jetted out of the thermos and propelled us sideways, turning our downward plummet into a forty-five-degree crash landing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth settles into a downward curve, as if her whole face feels heavy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Zooey, standing in just close enough, read the top entry in the left-hand column, then went on reading downward. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I slip the note into my backpack and find my mood spiraling even further downward. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Well, there was this whole business about the stab wound and how it was made, the downward angle of it, you know? 3RD JUROR: Don’t tell me we’re gonna start with that. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A gray bird circled, glided downward on outspread wings, then flew rapidly across the fields and disappeared from sight. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Then it would tilt upward again and either move sideways to the right page or remain fixed in its upward position until the page was turned, and then start downward again. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The man had spoken the truth—the flashlights were pointed downward—and in the glow cast by their beams Reynie could just make out who carried them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He almost immediately crumpled downward, the effort of the magic draining him of any strength he had left. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The cluster of bells thong-tied to the upper hinges of the entrance door jingled and a short, thin woman with a cigarette hanging straight downward from her mouth walked in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Today there are different flowers, drier, more defined, the flowers of high summer: daisies, black-eyed Susans, starting us on the long downward slope to fall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Arm continued to edge downward, knot by knot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And sure enough, her creation tilted just a little too much to one side and sailed downward in a fabuloso explosion of Legos. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The ground sloped upward, and the ceiling sloped downward. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Watching his finger on the page one day, she had noticed that goldenrod and greenwood began the same way, with a looping downward curve. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, angrily, he plunged it straight downward through the water and felt it scrape the bottom. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One night two Indwellers danced, men so old that their hair had whitened, and their limbs were skinny, and the downward folds at the outer eye-corners half hid their dark eyes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if I had begun the downward spiral into the nightmarish territory of the mad. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Excellently,” she said, but the corners of her mouth drifted downward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He continued on until the point of the wand seemed to be pulled strongly downward against his straining arms. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I watched a head of sweat roll downward from Cade’s armpit and turn along the curve of his chest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Her gaze is fixed downward, focused on her boots that do not quite touch the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their great wings beat inward, slowing them, and their bodies swung downward till they were standing upright in the air, holding their position by the beating of their wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Father was standing at the bottom of the stairs and I thought he might see me, but he was flicking through the post which had come that morning so his head was pointing downward. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And as he plummeted downward, he saw his reflection in the strangely still water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Celia’s remaining breast droops by her elbow, the indifferent nipple facing downward. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “And our city is right by the ocean, in case you forgot. Water drains downward.Ya know, gravity and all that.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In its downward plunge, the huge limbs stripped the branches from the smaller trees. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Many pairs of eyes that dart about and then are quickly cast downward when guards pass. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As it spiraled downward, he rolled to his back and snagged it in his talons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z If they had snagged on something, I would have pitched head downward and gone tumbling end over end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wedged my body down through the nearly solid sea of coils, forcing my legs deep into the cockpit and jackknifing my knees so that my upper body swung downward and inward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But as soon as the peach rolled out of the garden and began to go down the steep hill, rushing and plunging and bounding madly downward, then the whole thing became a nightmare. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Anyone with an elbow on the table might suddenly feel his wrist seized, raised and jerked downward so that his elbow hit the table hard enough to make the dishes dance. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I moved quickly, my body like glass inside as I skipped downward off the edges of the stairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He continually revised his estimates downward, from a maximum of 400 million years, to 100 million years, to 50 million years, and finally, in 1897, to a mere 24 million years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Traditional restaurants generally provide a product of higher average quality but of much greater variability, especially on the downward side. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He meets me where I am, and because of the downward tilt of the driveway, we are toe to toe, nose to nose. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Coming to a downward slope, Uncle Jet jumped into the driver’s side and steered the slow-moving truck for a few minutes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It stays steady at that level for the next two decades, before plunging downward in 1992 as sharply as it rose thirty years earlier. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra put her hands to her head, and Will nearly stumbled, as if driven downward by the sound. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z That the threat had been negotiated neatly downward did not appear to diminish its power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The sun slanted directly downward through the chinks in the roof when the sermon ended. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head and stared downward, studying the toes of her white sneakers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then he slashed downward with his knife and cut into Teacher Sarah. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of fairies gathered near the alcove, extending their arms, palms downward. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Alone Jake felt himself sink downward, slowly in wavelike motions downward into a shadowed ocean. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They could taunt her into a self- doubting downward spiral, causing her to withdraw from the opportunity that Dr. Claytor had so meticulously prepared her for. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She felt the board lose purchase, slipping downward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As we approached the base of the mountain the land took a downward slope. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His every resource as a pilot now came into play as he held the stick that fought the convulsions of a maimed craft shuddering downward like a kind of ruin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z More ash went drifting downward, and a bit of crumbling brick fell away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The stairs spiralled downward about sixty feet before opening into a chamber as large as Bunker Nine - which is to say, ginormous. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They moved on stealthily like stray cats, past chimneys, aerials, and Capricorn's floodlights, which were angled downward and left everything behind them in the cover of darkness. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Leo was lashed to the control console, desperately trying to right the ship as they spiralled downward in free fall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He lay face downward at the base of a tree, his fingernails digging into the scuffed earth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dusk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned sharply downward and disappeared into the oil. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Mary’s body surged upward and he pushed downward upon the pillow with all of his weight, determined that she must not move or make any sound that would betray him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Not physically heavy, but like something was pulling his heart downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Harry’s eyes darted downward, and what he saw made his stomach contract. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Carl Sagan in Cosmos raised the possibility that if you traveled downward into an electron, you might find that it contained a universe of its own, recalling all those science fiction stories of the fifties. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In order to stab downward, you would have to change your grip. 8TH JUROR: HOW do you use it? 5TH JUROR: Underhanded. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not reach the stone and, even if he could have, its sharp downward pitch would have made it impossible to climb. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Njemile and Bits kept their eyes downward when Moss looked at them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Funny thing was, as soon as I gave in, a lovely drowsiness tugged me downward. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Slowly,” Ignatius said, extending his big toe downward with great caution. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He says, “My toe must have caught on the rim of the tube. Just that one foot. But all the rest of me was heading downward. So...” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He swung the flashlight around and followed the tunnel, which slanted downward, taking him deeper and deeper into the earth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She said it with a downward finality, closing off the subject. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mars Bar jammed his arms downward, stuck out his chin, sneered. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As she put her hand out to touch the parapet of the bridge, a duck startled her with a high, unpleasant call, almost human in its breathy downward note. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His mouth was set in its habitual glower, the corners bent downward in perfect convexity, and his ashen head blended seamlessly into the white clouds overhead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The market will be unstable, with a general downward tendency. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, no,” he wailed with a shudder, and he knocked the knife out of her hand with a sharp downward blow on her wrist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z An attractive bloodstone fob hung from the center chain, directing the gaze from silver button to silver button, then downward still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I fought my way to my feet before the cane crashed downward again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Archer recognized the downward slash of her arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The floor of the loft had a slight downward slope. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z As the bird broke from its circle and began its long downward swing, the little kid beside Palmer pointed and screamed, “Look! It’s coming back! It’s coming back!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Hazel spoke again and the mouse began suddenly to run toward him as the kestrel turned and slid sideways and downward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Middlefield, in blue lettering, is written downward on the outside of the pants. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She walked over to me with her hand extended, then made a quick move downward at the last moment and pulled down my shorts. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Their skin glowed with sweat in the early-morning sun as they hurled their tools downward and jumped on them with their feet to grind them into the soft earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Thus, the top of the Richardson curve is shifting downward by an unknown amount. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her knitted brow and the downward turn of her mouth seemed to say, Leo Valdez, you are so full of it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The glass panels fall to the sides and the lid collapses downward. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From Milligan’s sad face, their eyes had to travel quite a distance downward before lighting upon the girl’s. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The rope fell across the flagpole like a cable over a pulley, and as Kate dropped downward, so Constance—much lighter by far—shot up out of the grasp of the astonished Martina Crowe. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He pulled the spear close to his torso, pointed his toes downward, stiffened his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The wind caught it and jerked it downward. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Speared off his feet, he fell face downward on the ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Or rather I am dragged downward, into the layers of this place as into liquefied mud. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Slipping a finger through Ignatius’ hoop earring, the young man pulled downward, breathing to Ignatius, “Drop that sword.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the patient improves, you take credit; if he remains stable, your treatment stopped his downward course. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the spigot of the tank marked “DRINKING” and felt the weight of the rushing water push the kettle downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Apparently Fortuna has decided upon another downward spin.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The old man only tilted his stone face downward in a stiff nod. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pointed downward, the jaws grinning, the muzzle close to the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He set upon the wood-rat burrow, digging downward, sending the earth flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Dr. Cable frowned, her eyes darting downward for a second, checking something. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Briony could not see her mouth, but she knew its downward curve, easily mistaken for the sign—the hieroglyph—of reproach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Go,” Perry said, lowering his fist with a quick downward movement that forced Blue Bill to spread his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Jockey Johnny Long- den was once rammed in midrace, knocked from his stirrups and sent flying downward in front of a pack of horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, the power was with Leon, whose look was mock-solemn, and consisted of drawing the corners of his mouth downward while rolling his eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The computer screen flickers, showing a tiny plane arcing downward from New York City to Los Angeles. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Then she found herself shooting upward again, completing the circle, so that the sky wheeled above her, then over and downward again, more crowd parting in front. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I repeat, Ha, and wish I knew enough English to tell her to listen for the diacritical mark, this one directing the tone downward. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Seth sprang forward, slashing downward with the pool skimmer. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “It is downward, and northward,” she told him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t have done that,” Colin said, his lips turning downward at the corners. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z My lights failed to penetrate to the edges of the room, and the edges descended downward into darkness on all sides. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I break eye contact, then realize you must never break eye contact with the school counselor, or she’ll find something deeply psychological in your downward glance. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When the front edges were aimed toward the ground, the machine was directed downward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The thirteen finches were not created by some divine whim, but by “natural descent”—cascading downward and outward from an original ancestral finch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As he pushed his backpack ahead of him, it suddenly fell downward. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Still, they believed the bullet had most likely gone downward into the pelvic region. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A third lifts the nightgown, pours baby oil onto her mound of stomach, rubs downward. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like it ends in a slide up there, shooting downward.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then the board started to slip downward again Tally thrust her hands into the pockets of her jacket and spread her arms, making a sail to catch the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Foils swishing downward, two fencers salute one another. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z An explosion, a tidal wave, a whirlwind of power simultaneously catching me up and blasting me downward into the lava. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Next to it, a side tunnel continued downward. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shay’s face looked monstrous in the glare, and sparks floated downward to be lost in the depths of the wrecked building. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The straps of Max's backpack start to slide as her shoulders slope downward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He fell downward, and more glass fell all around him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the wetness in the clouds condensed into tiny drops half mist and half rain, which floated downward rather than fell, making a soft rustling patter among the millions of needles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And then the floor before him sloped downward, and he could see the source of the light: It was Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The long bones have risen to the surface of her face, the skin tugged downward on them as if by irresistible gravitational pull. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes, letting him guide them both downward onto the bed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Luke hacked downward and I rolled behind a deck chair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind the entrance a tunnel, its floor also lined with stones, led backward and downward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His belt was of gold and garnets, and rich with gold was the helm upon his bony head face downward on the floor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Looking happily into Mr. Reilly’s area, he noticed that the bean vines were growing so healthily that they had even begun to twine downward through the handles of the file drawers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them rode Elladan, last of the Company, but not the last of those that took the downward road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We pushed against the rock to propel ourselves downward, the eerie glow of the plants lighting the way. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Papá’s eyes made contact with mine, and then he cast his gaze downward to the floor, as if he were embarrassed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Because I was on a downward spiral—no question—and that e-mail changed everything. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As big as Nathan’s forearms, the ears pulled the proud stalks of the corn into a downward bend, almost as if they were bowing with respect to Nathan himself. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Similarly, in American English, standard practice is not to add a final s to backward, downward, forward, onward, upward, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground gave way beneath my feet, dragging me downward, spinning fast, like sand rushing through a hole in the bottom of the universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The small, struggling figure of a man was being hoisted by one roped foot up the palace wall, to be fastened halfway to the top and left dangling, head downward. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Melissa showed Kelly how to apply the blush high on the cheekbone and then blend downward, and how to choose colors to complement her light-brown skin. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Stranger still, this boy held his head high, not canted downward. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He would start at the head of a page, his head tilted rightly upward, and then his head would move downward in a straight line until he got to the foot of the page. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The tunnel led gently downward, and after the first dozen steps they were in darkness. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius spun the yo-yo downward, but the string snapped and it rattled across the floor and under the bed, where it landed on a pile of Big Chief tablets and old magazines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was scary the way Mr. Pignati’s head seemed to stick out of that mountain of white sheets and just sink slowly downward. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I flailed my arms, willing them to seize something that wasn’t plunging downward. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Painted on the walls were crude pictures of black cattle marching downward. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In this account of the creation the gods seemed bent on experimenting with the various metals, and, oddly enough, proceeding downward from the excellent to the good to the worse and so on. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling of my tiny room slanted downward in two corners, making it seem even smaller than it really was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His head dangled downward, and a long teardrop-shaped glop of drool fell to the dry earth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I sat up, and my head spun for a minute as the blood flowed downward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z That’s exactly when the driver’s side of the car lurched downward sharply and the axle struck against something hard, with a grating, metallic clang. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “A sensible reason not to fall,” Grandma agreed, moving carefully downward. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He seemed frozen, looking downward almost in meditation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I saw the knotty bulge of steel-bound muscle, the piston-like jerk of the deadly hind claws, trying for the downward stroke that could disembowel a dog. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Crystals also poked downward and glowed with a gentle blue light. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It may not look it, but all the glass on Earth is flowing downward under the relentless drag of gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And I swept my hand downward along my body and pointed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If one can deduce anything from Google’s Halloween trend-o-meter, Frightgeist, which tracks the costumes Americans are searching for online, the whole nation is on a rapid downward spiral into a phenomenon we’ll call Halloween Settling. You don’t have a costume. Now the only thing to fear is Halloween panic. 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z De Niro never overacts like Pacino, but his downward slide has been no less excruciating to witness. Robert De Niro: he's calling time on interviews but what about his career? 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z She famously saw her personal and financial life spiral downward after the suicide of her husband and manager, Edgar Rosenberg, in 1987. New film undoes Joan Rivers' cosmetic makeover 2010-06-08T17:35:00Z “The gross domestic product here has been on a downward slope for years, and the Italian market is very depressed,” Mr. Damiani said. Creating Golden Opportunities Amid Austerity 2012-11-27T15:59:55Z A chance meeting at Westminster begins a chilling downward spiral for Doughty's protagonist. Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty – review 2013-06-16T08:00:01Z You enter the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art through an atrium that spirals downward like an inverted version of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum. Hired by the Empress of Art at Tehran’s Hidden Museum 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Frank reeks of desperation, and it is clear that we won’t be seeing him wriggle his way out of his downward spiral anytime soon. House of Cards Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: When Men Were Men 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Rushdie’s following novel traced the downward spiral of expectations experienced by India as post-independence hopes for democracy crumbled during the emergency rule declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The stairs are almost cantilevered — they have no supports from below — and flow downward in a way that echoes the movement of the falls and the overall design of the house. In Frank Lloyd Wright Country, Architecture and Apple Pie 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Banks also draws narrative urgency from his vision of a world in which sex offenders slide downward on the Internet’s continuum. Books of The Times: Russell Banks?s Novel ?Lost Memory of Skin? - Review 2011-09-25T22:26:09Z Here, then, is a trend line intimately connected to global violence that is not heading downward. An American century of carnage: Measuring violence in a single superpower world 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z “We are special,” he began, before correcting himself: “We believe we are special,” he said, smiling and looking downward. Navigating Sometimes Chaotic, Always Fascinating Addis Ababa 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Summer fishing in Western Washington’s largest urban watershed is highly doubtful this summer as the count spiral downward, but many are hoping these strong returns will boost populations in the near future. Lake Washington sockeye run still in a downward spiral 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Instead, Laney must box her own shadow, debasing and endangering herself in a downward spiral of despair. Review: ‘I Smile Back’ Traces a Mother’s Addiction 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z At that height, the track then twists into a 360-degree roll before plunging downward and taking you through a small loop. Taking the Plunge on California’s Coasters 2013-08-01T20:30:31Z Joyce was born in 1882, the eldest of 10 children, in Dublin and lived in as many as 20 homes during his family’s downward mobility, which coincided with his childhood. Bloomsday Is Ending but Joyce Left Plenty of Trail to Trace 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The easiest way to prevent this isn’t to extend the walls downward, it’s to give the coop a floor of some kind of sturdy wire mesh, like fencing or hardware cloth. Perspective | 7 tips for raising backyard chickens, from picking a breed to having an exit strategy 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z “Mississippi Grind” co-stars Ryan Reynolds, whose career has lately been skidding downward. Sundance 2015: Ryan Reynolds and Noah Baumbach Draw Mixed Verdicts 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Of course there were more than applications of feathers and fur from the waist downward on a tailored coat. Fashion Review: Bottega Veneta: Tomas Maier Turns Soft Into Sharp 2014-02-23T18:32:32Z If the economy takes a further downward turn, ticket sales may suffer – as will many buildings providing conference space that have already seen income streams dry up. Arts cuts: the beginning of the end for British theatre? 2010-06-18T15:32:00Z The late Landy was the controversial psychotherapist hired initially by Wilson’s first wife in 1976 to combat his drug abuse and general downward spiral. Inside Brian Wilson’s room: The famed Beach Boy opens up about mental illness, medication, manipulation and the movie about his life 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z But they’ve suffered from downward mobility for most of the last 40 years. Hey, liberals: You haven’t won the culture war 2012-11-10T20:00:00Z I cast my eyes downward as well, and notice that he's wearing cute gold trainers, like those football boots reserved for the world's greatest players. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z Yes, his character, Jackson Maine, a singer on a downward spiral, is an alcoholic. “A Star Is Born,” fails to thrive: Bradley Cooper’s vanity project is more corny than compe... 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z As the three drive away from it, the camera angles downward to show Gene fade into view, lying in his bed and staring into space. "Better Call Saul" connects with the inevitability of Gene breaking bad 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z No matter how much you look after yourself physically, we’re all on the downward escalator. Getting fit in middle age: a marathon addict, a couch potato and others share their pain 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Yet in one, the substance that spills downward is sand, while in the other it’s light. In the galleries: ‘Strange Landscapes’ explores gardens of unearthly delights 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Concentrating on fatalities and their averred downward trajectory also draws attention away from broader humanitarian catastrophes. An American century of carnage: Measuring violence in a single superpower world 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Her face, turned downward, is lightly overlaid with blossoms of Queen Anne’s lace, the afternoon sunlight dappling her back and hair in a pacific, Vermeerian composition. The Lovely, Menacing Girls of Justine Kurland 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Nate and Farrell are separated against their will, sending Nate spiraling downward and beginning a pattern of estrangement and reunion that recurs throughout the novel. From Paul Rudnick, a Mismatched Couple but Perfect for Each Other 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z In the next year’s “Osaka Elegy,” her character, a switchboard operator, endures a similar downward spiral, becoming her boss’s mistress as she struggles to support her family. Isuzu Yamada, Actress Who Worked With Kurosawa, Dies at 95 2012-07-15T22:57:26Z The furniture goes out on the sidewalk and the residents enter a spiral of downward mobility. In ‘99 Homes,’ a Man Buffeted and Then Manipulated in Florida’s Foreclosure Disaster 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z As Mike was a former cop who went to work for drug dealers, do you think he related to Walt and his downward spiral? Breaking Bad’s Mike Ehrmentraut: ‘There Are No Happy Endings’ 2013-09-28T17:00:13Z The fancy grocer Dean & DeLuca has been in a downward spiral for some time. Inside the downfall of Dean & DeLuca, a once dazzling luxury food store dims its lights 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Violins deliver harmonic glissandos that echo in the vocal treatment of the word “husband,” which warps, melting downward. Review: An Oratorio Cautiously Looks Back on Women’s Suffrage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The device makes them turn their faces downward, lighting up at warm childhood memories or registering disgust at punch lines that now ring horrific. ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.) 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z At Paramount, which will reap only an unspecified distribution fee in releasing the film for producer Marvel Studios, executives are eager to manage any irrational exuberance downward. "Iron Man 2" primed for superheroic U.S. opening 2010-05-06T03:01:00Z After the initial rising statement, the melodies go in quite different directions: Korngold’s winds downward to the tonic note, while Williams’s insists on the triplet rhythm and leaps up a minor seventh. Listening to “Star Wars” 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Press a magnolia leaf, with the stem pointing downward, onto the container. Elegant Tabletop Arrangement 2011-02-11T17:50:03.470Z There were stray samples of hip-hop, salsa and Top 40 coming from car radios, getting transposed downward by the Doppler effect as they faded away. The Art of Summer: The Contrapuntal Sounds of Gridlock 2011-08-09T23:37:12Z The news on Tuesday was another downward leg on the patient’s chart: Facing declining revenue, the Village Voice — the hipster granddaddy of alt weeklies — said it would end its print edition and publish online only. Perspective | What we’re losing when we say goodbye to alt weeklies, the rebels of journalism 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z But these acts of escapism tend to backfire, leading to a nihilistic, boozy downward spiral. “Mad Men” finale recap: “The moon belongs to everyone” 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z As for his father’s drinking, he writes of a sad downward slide that led to frequent job changes. Books of The Times: ?My Long Trip Home,? by Mark Whitaker - Review 2011-11-06T22:34:42Z In it, Trump, his face set in a near frown, his eyes cast downward, waits to walk out on the dais at the Capitol to take the oath of office. Donald Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z An unseen trumpet sounded an upward figure, followed by a tuba’s downward groove. “It’s not just a party, it’s our life”: Jazz musicians led the way back to the city after Katrina — but what is this “new” New Orleans? 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z On Monday, tourists admired the downward pensive glance of Michelangelo’s bearded Dusk, the rising of his groggy Dawn and Lorenzo’s tomb, now rid of the remnants of Alessandro. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Campbell tries hard to express Anne’s inner life — she erupts into giggles, lets her face drain, casts her gaze downward — but these pieces also never cohere. ‘Anne at 13,000 Ft’ Review: A Woman Adrift 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Music sales in Sweden rose 10.2 percent last year, according to the recording companies’ international trade group, even as they fell by nearly 10 percent worldwide, continuing a nearly decade-long downward spiral. 2010-01-25T08:30:00Z Sure they noticed her deflated, downward gaze as each of the jury's determinations on Depp's claims was read, finding her liable for three counts of defamation to the tune of $15 million in damages. As Johnny Depp wins his defamation suit, "believe all women" loses 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z As he spirals downward, he prattles on about the impossibility of fidelity in marriage, the power struggle between men and women — more echoes of Mamet, but without his misogyny. Domesticated: What Happens After the Sex Scandal 2013-11-05T10:45:25Z As for the domestic market, the rest of this summer's slate looks unlikely to reverse the downward trend. Hollywood's not so sunny summer 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z His “Birdbath” is a bright blue fiberglass baptism pool, tilted downward, as if toward hell, by an old-fashioned, handmade bird bath. Amid the Bloat at Frieze, Art Worth Seeking Out 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Cooper smartly lets you decide and then sends Jack spiraling toward oblivion, a downward trajectory that consumes the second half of the movie. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Rogers mostly focusses her gaze downward, as any uncertain student presenting work to a professor would. Three Songs That Pushed Me Forward in 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z But things turn darker in Act 2, 10 years later, as Johnny continues his downward slide with nightly drinking and unrealistic ambitions. 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' flourishes anew 2011-03-21T20:34:14Z The tender emphatic lapse, the little downward drunken swoop or sigh, that Daltrey achieves on that word “kind” — it’s one of the Who’s greatest, quietest moments. Who’s Next? Roger Daltrey 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But the show doesn’t make her downward progress convincing. Review: ‘13 Reasons Why’ She Killed Herself, Drawn Out on Netflix 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But her career has spiraled downward since 2007, when she made three trips to rehab and spent 84 minutes in jail on the drunk driving offense. "Scared" Lindsay Lohan plans to appeal jail term 2010-07-09T20:10:00Z Museum officials once estimated the size of its collection as 1.5 million items, although they are revising that downward as records become computerized. Museum Wants to Return Objects, but There?s a Hitch 2010-12-31T23:11:48Z Meanwhile, the models kept coming and falling, melting downward like zombies or turning backward, arms out to the sides like Jesus on the cross, buoyed by the support of true believers. In the Mosh Pit of American Fashion 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z There is an upside to this sad downward trend. How Twitter killed the official movie website 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z What follows is Asher's simultaneous spiritual awakening and downward spiral while on the road and on the run. Beach reads for dark summer days: 7 books to soothe the burn 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Young has spent countless jetlag-fogged hours staring downward in airports and lobbies. 4 Books to Inspire Your Inner Designer 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Much of the film — about a hapless man whose bad decisions lead to a dire downward spiral — was shot using Seattle-based crew members. Seattle stands out at Sundance Festival 2011-01-29T00:31:32Z To compensate, she made wholesale downward revisions in phrase after phrase, draining the role of much of its excitement. Review: Meade makes her mark as Verdi's Leonora 2013-01-17T14:47:08Z That just suggests Chet’s in a downward spiral, and after an episode in which he gets arrested after kidnapping his own child, it’s frightening to imagine. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2 Episode 4: ‘We Made All of This Happen’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The contraption then turned downward toward the center, planting the vines a few feet apart. Can Maryland produce an iconic red wine? One maker is determined to find out. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z She takes us into Raymond Carver territory: The trajectories are downward, and white-collar existences have gone blue. The Top Books of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The eggs sank — their downward slide slowed by a bead of glue — and settled upon their small wooden pedestals with a satisfying stability, the way an arch actually derives strength from downward pressure. The craft that consumed me 2012-08-10T14:59:00Z On “Euphoria,” the characters’ digital and physical lives are constantly swirling around one another, usually in a downward spiral that ends in alienation and self-loathing. Where ‘Euphoria’ Is Surprisingly Conservative 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z That molten rock’s interactions with waters seeping downward create a topography with more hydrothermal phenomena than any other site in the world. A Shrine That It Seems to Tame Old Faithful 2010-08-30T17:28:00Z You may want to shave downward but you run the risk of pulling the cheek line down and ending up with an Amish chinstrap. Cutting your own hair doesn't have to be sheer terror – Here are tips from the pros 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Insistently downward melodic phrases appear to echo section’s title until they emerge as the idée fixe of the entire piece, doleful and reflecting a world in decline. Review: Doleful ‘Vespers’ Pray for an Earth in Crisis 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z At his table at the Carlyle, Mr. Chow demonstrated how he always wants the tines of a fork to be pointed downward, toward the table. Sky-High Prices? Bad Reviews? No Matter: Mr. Chow Powers On 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Occasionally I trusted in the open expanse of that empty roadway and stared downward at the hypnotic rush of concrete, not wanting to be discouraged by glimpses of oncoming hills. Urban Athlete: Victory, the Personal Kind 2011-08-11T22:26:04Z Less clear is if that’s part of a downward trend — or another asterisk. Is this an “Asterisk Oscars” or a sign of things to come? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z He was desperate for Vicente to avoid the same downward trajectory. What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z We briefly see a man standing on a balcony, before the camera moves downward, across a gray roof, to a woman standing in the doorway of the house below. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Skydiving fatality rates have mostly trended downward in the last two decades, according to data published by the USPA. Skydiving instructor death: What to know on the sport and safety 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z In “Vane,” an off-white triangle pointing downward on a tan background reads like an abstracted bikini bottom thanks to a red fingernail-tipped digit overlapping its upper edge. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z A downward cupped hand called for a sustained line. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z But on the mysterious poster, the triangle had been inverted – no longer pointing downward like a yield sign, it was depicted there as a pyramid, invoking cosmic power and strength. Life on the frontline of the Aids epidemic | David France 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z At the time, fashion blogger Belle noted that “Sizing downward… feeds into the notion that clothing size is a scarlet letter.” Melissa McCarthy’s fashion revolution: Tear down the plus-sized section and “stop segregating women” 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Over-the-knee skirts, well proportioned with their top halves, showed an overall downward trend for hemlines. Special Report: Fashion: Streamlining -- With a Whiff of Nostalgia 2011-02-14T17:30:48Z The new diagnosis sends Homer and Marge’s marriage into a downward spiral, and eventually, the two split up. D'oh! Marge and Homer to Legally Separate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s the downward spiral in the quality of each release. HBO Needs To Finish 'Game Of Thrones' With Or Without George R.R. Martin 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z The fringe on her leather jacket flows downward, as do her knee-length dreadlocks, which echo the texture of the lasso coiled in her fist. Black Cowboys, Busting One of America’s Defining Myths 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Without a concerted effort to prioritize Black mental health and reverse the downward trends in mental health in the Black community, Henson says the future of a generation of Black children is at stake. Why Taraji P. Henson is trying to shed light on the mental health crisis among Black youth 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z She floated a pure, high sound, curled it downward and slowly revealed the song to be The Twelfth of Never. Dianne Reeves – review 2012-11-07T18:01:43Z "Superpower" may not alter that course or the downward trajectory of Ukraine's polling numbers with the public, but it might not have to. Sean Penn's "Superpower" renews Zelenskyy's relationship with Hollywood to sell the politics of war 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z As they often did, Kithkin brought immediate balance by launching into the joyous “Asunder,” which balanced a whimsical melodic hook against the downward force of tribal drum beats. Kithkin makes the end times sound good | Concert review 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Few series have had such a downward trajectory, in one season, from well-received pilot to disparaged finale. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z The basses also evoked a stunningly visceral sense of slackening with a series of downward glissandos in “Quod sum miser.” Music Review: A Celebration of Orchestral Excellence at Spring for Music 2014-05-06T09:39:39Z Reaching up, she tweaked one of her rabbit ears so it flopped downward. Holy Cottontail! The Playboy Club Is Back Again 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He was the first to make the leap, an exuberant effort that took him eight feet from the platform lip before he arced downward. Wildlife galore in the Bahamas, where the whole world’s a park 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z That continues a downward trend since 2004 that was only briefly halted by last year’s 3 percent gain — mostly due to the surprise success of “21.” Adele’s 2011 Holdover 21 Still Tops in 2012 2013-01-04T16:30:22Z Tour boats depart from here, but I was more interested in walking the steep, downward mile to the shore for a better perspective of the lake. In Oregon’s lone National Park, hike the country’s deepest, bluest lake 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z At a point in their career when most bands are on a downward slope, Daft Punk have just celebrated their first number one single, "Get Lucky", and are somehow bigger than ever. Daft Punk: the midas touch 2013-05-18T23:05:39Z Of course, Howard’s good fortune and good mood are not going to last, which is why his long, downward spiral is so absorbing for viewers who can appreciate the wild ride. “Uncut Gems” is a merciless, nail-biting crime thriller that lets Adam Sandler shine 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s been on a downward curve for years now, but the last series in particular was awful. How the return of House of Cards is both a blessing and a curse 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The Airnorth flight from Darwin to Timor-Leste was surprisingly short, with barely enough time to finish the cup of tea before the plane began its downward arc. Timor-Leste: what it's like to travel in a land without tourists 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Ivy says nothing, sinking into isolation, despair and sleepiness — a downward synergy between depression and petit-Mal episodes. 'The Exploding Girl': A restrained, moving portrait of a troubled young woman 2010-04-01T18:55:00Z Ben, demonstrating: “No — he slashed this way, downward, left to right.” Film: Slashing Samurai: A Culture Savored 2011-02-12T03:43:01Z But images like this, especially repeated, ubiquitous images, create a damaging downward spiral. Why Zoo's Kim Kardashian cover is wrong 2012-06-22T09:00:01Z The first "Harry Potter" film shown in 3-D, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" continued a downward trend for domestic revenues derived from the 3-D format. 'Potter' takes down Batman with $168.6M weekend 2011-07-17T22:01:04Z Tina Fey’s name is on the NBC workplace comedy “Great News,” and the workplace in question is a television studio, but adjust your expectations downward if you want to enjoy this silly series. Review: ‘Great News,’ Served Up by a Dysfunctional Crew 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Do you think there’s any way to stop that downward valuation? Can Musicians Live in a Free, Streaming World? 2013-04-16T14:00:20Z Notice the downward cast of my eyes as my father bellows at the frothing traffic in response to the hecklers strafing us from passing vehicles. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Male bonding is seen to win out, notwithstanding a downward spiral of a narrative that puts all four characters on the rack and lands two of them — guess which ones? — at the YMCA. Theater Review: Welcoming Back Synge, and Stomping Along With 'Rock of Ages' 2011-10-04T10:11:45Z Michael Moore penned an open letter to Ivanka Trump, coaxing her to “do the right thing” and stop her dad’s “downward spiral” by getting him to drop out of the race. 5 ways the 2020 election will be shaped by late night comedy 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z His mouth is slightly pursed, and a vein ruts downward from his hairline to the corner of his brow, which seems ready, microscopically, to lift. Two Americas in One Photograph 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He had adjusted his expectations downward: he hoped to see something in the ballpark of $400 a pound. How do you move mountains of unwanted weed? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Evidence of blue-state urbanity abounds, in fact, in the new New South, but you will find virtually none of it evoked on television depicting life anywhere downward of Virginia. Critic?s Notebook: Down South, Where the Stereotypes Bloom 2011-07-21T22:20:50Z Unlike “The Biggest Loser,” where contestants are booted off if the scale fails to inch downward quickly enough, Mr. Powell keeps things noncompetitive and sticks with his charges until the end. The Week Ahead: May 29 ? June 4 2011-05-27T18:10:22Z To promote its software and consulting services, I.B.M. announced that its computer analysis of “billions of social media posts” pointed to a downward trend in heel heights. Front Row: I.B.M. Predicts Heel Heights - Runway 2011-11-23T18:51:41Z As musician, Petri can arch a phrase for poignant effect or bend a pitch downward to evoke a touch of pathos. Suzanne Petri conjures Marlene Dietrich at Millennium Park 2010-12-21T15:48:00Z Things rapidly spiral downward when Emmett walks into the store and meets the contemptuous gaze of the woman behind the corner. ‘Till’ Review: He Was Someone’s Son, Too 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z “Our Mother’s Names,” by Vasks, brimmed with yearning glissando chords, straining upward and downward until the piece dissolved in a fervor of avian whirs and whistles — and not a musical instrument in sight. Latvian Radio Choir demonstrates its might as a ‘great musical power’ 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z As the arc of the career sinks into a downward slide, the story line goes sketchy in its rush to hit the beats, the realizations that “you cannot make someone love you,” and all that. “My Dinner with Hervé” Is a Testament to Peter Dinklage’s Charisma 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He rises until his hands crest in a balletic form above his head, only to then collapse downward once again, looping infinitely in 20-second cycles. Mark Bradford Strikes a Pose of Quiet Self-Reflection 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The corners of his mouth either remain flat enough to level a picture frame, or plunge downward, as if unwilling to do battle with the laws of gravity. Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Her next project sounds like a surer thing for awards attention, playing a woman whose affair with a fellow astronaut sends her on a downward spiral. The early favourites: who might be winning Oscars in 2020? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z There are silences so deep you can hear the journeys of the soul, enormous footsteps downward in a freezing earth. Musical Travel Companions for a Year of Going Nowhere 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z These cars, in turn, coagulate the arteries of the city, blocking the remaining fleet of buses, causing a downward spiral of decreasing ridership and growing traffic. Uber and the Ongoing Erasure of Public Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z He kind of can, and it's intermittently fun to watch De Niro, whose every impulse is to go outward and upward, as a guy who drives all emotion downward and inward. Kill off the "Little Fockers"! 2010-12-22T15:22:00Z Our group continued on foot, snaking downward into the whorls of nature’s intestines, through claustrophobic channels and cathedral-like chambers. Slovenian Rhapsody 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z Ms. Kendrick, in her own interview for the film, alternates between smiling recollections of her childhood friend and sad eyes as she recalls Melissa’s downward spiral. A Mother Grieves by Making a Film About Bulimia 2010-04-21T18:20:00Z That low, staggering walk with which she makes her entrance is that of someone pulled downward by the gravity exerted by the universal grave. Review: All the World’s a Grave in the Druid ‘Richard III’ 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z But downward is not where Cunningham ever cast his gaze. Review | Bill Cunningham left behind a memoir. It is, to use one of his favorite words, marvelous. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Onscreen, their conjoined downward spiral into addiction still registers as a romantically horrifying cautionary tale worth obsessing over, no thanks to Oldman’s outstanding performance as Vicious. Almost Infamous: 10 Biopics With Memorable Antiheroes 2013-10-23T09:45:20Z The downward revision was primarily due to a lowering of previous expectations regarding the home entertainment business, mainly driven by an acceleration of market decline. Sony takes $1bn write-down on film division 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Here you walk up a slight slope — and then downward for more parklike effect. Watch Out: You’re in Ai Weiwei’s Surveillance Zone 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z But in the background the numbers on the scale continue downward. From Stephen King, Master of Darkness, a Light New Tale 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z At 5:00, with the band cooling to a simmer, Mr. Lloyd repeats a low, downward phrase three times, pulling the curtain down. Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “Follow the wall uphill . . . the downward way finishes at a dead end.” Hiking the authentic Great Wall of China, without the crush 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Or perhaps, more appropriately, William Gaddis’s hilarious novel about failing downward in a country full of people failing upward, “JR.” Review | Reading ‘Ducks, Newburyport’ is mentally taxing — and physically exhausting 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z As their box-office revenues trail downward, they pursue their audience to the place they believe that audience is staying. Actors Flock to Netflix to Satisfy Their Most Loyal Fans 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “Downward and downward and downward and downward / is where the wind is taking us,” she writes in the first poem, simply titled “Poem.” Review | Louise Glück’s first collection since her Nobel gracefully captures our fragility 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Last week came the unhappy news that the housing market had plunged in March, with analysts telling us that the downward spiral would proceed indefinitely. Critic?s Notebook: Every Home?s a Castle, Cinderella 2011-06-05T19:45:15Z Robert Doward* felt this odd effect when his health suddenly took a downward turn. ‘Dogs have a magic effect’: how pets can improve our mental health 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z If, as the survey found, people routinely underestimate the proportion of the population that votes in elections, there may be a persistent downward drift in voter turnout. Get your facts right: Italy, U.S. come bottom in modern life survey 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Other members of the procession look downward in moods of desolation. Last Chance: ?Mourners,? Many Faces of Grief, at Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-12T21:46:00Z Because of Trump, the Freedom House 2017 ranking of democracy has dropped the United States to the thirtieth in the world and has us trending downward. Is Donald Trump "crazy?" Wrong question 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Nucky's giving the young Gillian to the Commodore sends him into the downward spiral that destroys his life and hers and two more generations of her family. A fitting ending to 'Boardwalk Empire' 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z She left her vocal lines unsupported, to be teased or decorated by a quick scale on piccolo, a bass clarinet scurrying downward, pizzicato plinks, quick trumpet interjections or a lone sustained horn tone. Music Review: Oceanic Passions in a Chamber Setting 2011-01-28T23:52:56Z “There’s no stopping. In fact, the books have to be generally edited downward, rather than upward because there’s too much in them.” Siddhartha Mukherjee Weaves History and Biology to Tell the Story of Us 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Now the dancers scoop the air upward; now they shake their hands downward, as if they were trying to shake something off them. Alexei Ratmansky Makes a Ballet about Love 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z I am at times an anxious person, and like most anxious people, intense stress can send me into a downward spiral. Snooki cures my OCD 2011-05-20T19:01:00Z At an age when many actresses struggle to find roles at all, Scott Thomas comfortably plays both upward and downward in age by a decade or so. "Leaving": Why isn't Kristin Scott Thomas a movie star? 2010-10-02T14:02:00Z Megan, the film suggests, is more typical than you might think, a decent sort caught in a downward spiral. 'Two Night Stand' a one-act sex comedy that grows cold too soon 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z His inability to cope with his downward spiral as a failing actor in Los Angeles puts him in the hospital. In 'The Skeleton Twins,' untangling the past to move forward 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z There he was, face tilted downward, regarding a mixing board with focused attention. Review: An Artist’s Transporting Sounds (Blindfold Optional) 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Their disdainful attitude toward an old Xhosa man they encounter on the mud flats — in the country’s racial profiling system, the Xhosa are black, a step below colored — is just apartheid paid downward. Review: After Apartheid, Who Are ‘Boesman and Lena’? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z In “Level 2,” the oboe plays one half of it, the downward progression, without its corresponding upward reach. Andrew Norman’s ‘Play,’ a Symphony That Levels Up 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z This road is not a circle, it’s a downward spiral, leading to new lows, which, I’m sad to say, we’ll be unlucky enough to experience. Israel’s Other War 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z “French 2-day-olds wailed on a rising pitch contour, mirroring the melodic patterns of spoken French; German newborns cry on a downward arc typical of that language’s prosody.” Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z And what you see — across the board — is this incredible downward mobility. “Democracy in Black”: A conversation about race in America with Eddie Glaude Jr. 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z At its strongest, “Gone Girl” plays like a queasily, at times gleefully, funny horror movie about a modern marriage, one that has disintegrated partly because of spiraling downward mobility and lost privilege. Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Several of these falls occupy two directions at once; the most memorable combination is falling sideways, sinking downward and pacing forward. Dance Review: Wendy Whelan Embraces Modern Dance at Jacob’s Pillow 2013-08-18T22:05:35Z Baldwin also had harsh words for movie studios, assigning them blame for Lindsay Lohan's downward spiral. Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival 2013-05-24T11:19:09Z That downward trend continued as the documentary developed. One Nation Under Stress: the documentary lifting the lid on American anxiety 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z What I can say for sure is that downward mobility is like quicksand. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The answer is, probably not, although the downward spiral of one girl unfortunately named Temptress might suggest otherwise. | 'Freakonomics': A Best Seller as 4 Films Tied Together With Talk 2010-09-30T22:59:00Z This downward spiral into insecurity and cruelty comes to a head in the last shocking moments of the episode, which is preceded by hints of Nate's true feelings. The many betrayals of "Ted Lasso" 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The ridge began to slope downward and our legs felt the relief of not having to work as hard; however, the recent rains made our descent more difficult than previously presumed. How to travel the world with 2 little kids: Teach them that every step counts 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The cellists bow slowly through a moving unison, progressing downward in pitch at a somewhat regular rate. New Music From the Rotem Sivan Trio and Anna Webber 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It drops you into a world that the director, who grew up in the area, knows firsthand: a suburban fringe of stasis, downward mobility and lowered expectations. | 'Putty Hill': Drugs, Death and Downward Mobility in Baltimore 2011-02-17T23:38:30Z Clever callbacks like this allow “BlackBerry” to hauntingly connect the story’s downward slide with the innocence and optimism of its early scenes. ‘BlackBerry’ Review: Big Dreams, Little Keyboards 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Things spiral downward from there, culminating in a horrible twist ending. Brotherhood ? review 2011-01-13T22:00:02Z The "P" portion of prints and advertising represents less than 10 percent of the overall spend, and with digital distribution becoming more widespread it is heading downward. How much does movie marketing matter? 2010-06-11T07:17:00Z “Offspring / of gods by blood, Trojan Anchises’ son, / The way downward is easy from Avernus ... but to retrace your steps to heaven’s air, / There is the trouble, there is the toil,” she says. Favorite Place: Seduced by Naples 2013-12-13T16:02:13Z The pinkish, speckled concrete floor curves slightly downward, toward the galleries. Can the Sydney Modern Change How a ‘Sporting Nation’ Sees Itself? 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In the left foreground of the work Sotheby’s is selling, for instance, a seated chimp on the front bench holds a banana curved downward; in the 2009 version the banana is turned up. Has Banksy Monkeyed Around With His Parliament of Chimps? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Then the pavilion floor begins to incline downward; and the monuments are suddenly presented in suspension, as if they were gradually lifting off from the ground, higher and higher the further you descend. A Memorial to the Lingering Horror of Lynching 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “Full Body Burden” is a simmering and sickening book that runs on two downward sloping tracks. Book Review: ‘Full Body Burden’ by Kristen Iversen 2012-09-27T21:30:42Z That was plain from the first episode and it was all that viewers ever needed to know to sign on to Jackie’s deplorable downward spiral. Showtime’s ‘Happyish’: A dark, profane dramedy without any heart 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Why would fans want to revisit such a downward spiral on film again? How Peter Jackson shifted the dour context of ‘Let It Be’ into a fuller, more human ‘Get Back’ 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z "Divisiveness only serves to fuel the downward spiral of hate and misunderstanding between the Islamic and Western worlds." NPR fires news analyst after remarks about Muslims 2010-10-21T18:05:00Z Still, there are numerous parallels between caring upward and caring downward on the family tree. This Life: The Father Is Child of the Man 2012-07-27T21:43:38Z Elba plays a former rugby superstar who has lost his way since his glory days and is on a downward spiral with a disintegrating marriage. How a writer’s first film script inspired Idris Elba to become its star 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z It is instead a performance of stardom by an actor whose own magnetism trumps every objection, much as the real Presley transcends every jibe, jumpsuit and downward turn. Review: In ‘Elvis & Nixon,’ Michael Shannon Holds Court as the King 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It is hard to overstate the degree to which OnlyFans reversed the general downward trajectory of being an adult entertainment performer. OnlyFans Reverses Its Decision to Ban Explicit Content 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z It charges forward from the beginning: the vocal and staccato guitar line moving in tense downward steps, the bass line moving in tense upward steps. Review: In ‘The Blackest Eye,’ Aye Nako Draws on Race and Identity 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z What matters more is the way Zwirner’s veined blue-gray and tawny washes of color form downward and upward sweeps, accented at the upper left by dense glowing flecks of red-black. Seattle-area artists play with visual rhythms from nature 2013-03-21T20:31:12Z It has continued to dip, reflecting a downward trend even among stations sticking to the new traditional format. ‘Elmo Knows Where You Live’: A History of the PBS Pledge Drive 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Such decisions probably won't help the show in the long run either as its ratings continue to follow a downward trend. "The Masked Singer" episode unmasking Rudy Giuliani sees viewership drop to all-time lows 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z To define the path along the terrace railing and guide the way for guests, they installed landscape lights on stakes in the rectangular planters to shine downward. Outdoor entertaining: Six tips from Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner The singers intone the text quickly while sliding downward with their voices, or hold long, clear notes that blossom into brief melismas. An Opera Composer of Intimate Spareness Returns to Myth 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Move beyond such terms of endearment, and mother and daughter emerge locked in a downward spiral of rancor, incomprehension and the shared transference of pain. Theater Review: Mike Leigh's Shimmering Family Ghosts 2011-09-27T10:50:26Z What this overlooks is the fact that, by her late teens, Chlumsky was on a downward trajectory and thoroughly sick of being written off as a former child star. Veep’s Anna Chlumsky: from My Girl to the White House 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z His downward spiral to obscurity began, and he changed personas again. ‘Jobriath A.D.’: Glam rocker’s meteoric rise — and fall 2014-01-30T20:48:22Z Jamie cupped my cheeks, pulled me in for a kiss that increased in fervor, until he gently nudged downward, and I bowed my head. True love waits? The story of my purity ring and feeling like I didn't have a choice 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z And yet we have a term for it: downward mobility. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z The show chronicles the downward spiral of Walter White, a 50-something high school chemistry teacher in the throes of a mid-life crisis who is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Chemical industry hooked on TV show "Breaking Bad" 2011-07-15T19:20:29Z In addition, they would drive premiums downward by shopping for value, and not overpaying for unneeded benefits. Mitt Romney Outlines His Plan to Replace Obamacare 2012-06-21T03:27:49Z After Malcolm X in 1992 the box-office returns for his films followed a steady downward trend pretty much until the 2006 thriller Inside Man, which is still the director’s only real big budget success. Spike Lee: ‘I get no joy from being right. I wanted progress’ 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z The initial construction went hugely over budget and, with less than half the expected number of visitors, put the resort on a downward economic spiral. Disneyland Paris fetes 20th after rocky childhood 2012-04-01T17:12:10Z The use of a pedal tone, he added, pays off when, as the treatment starts to fail, it plunges downward. An Oliver Sacks Book Becomes an Opera, With Help From Friends 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Starting with the mouth and proceeding briskly downward, Roach takes us on a journey through the wonders of ingestion, digestion and excretion. ‘Gulp’: the multiple wonders of the alimentary canal, all the way down 2013-04-04T22:42:20Z As a result I am able to deliver my lines with confidence – and without much more than a downward glance. Secret State: I played the vicar in the TV version of my novel 2012-11-05T19:01:01Z “If the numbers trend downward, it might be a different story” for keeping Holt. A decision on Brian Williams’s future at NBC could be coming soon 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Later, we walked through the orchards, where Greening and Winchester apples were ready to be picked, bunches of the fruit bending the trees downward, some already in crates. ‘We respect the ghosts’: A spirited cider-tasting guide to Adams County, Pa. 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z At Renew, Juarez says that she makes herself available to her clients at all hours precisely because they’re often vulnerable to a social media-induced downward spiral. Don't text your ex: inside the booming industry of 'breakup experts' 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z The period from Thanksgiving to the winter holidays is one long, downward slide into gluttony. Spirits: If you want flavor in a cocktail, maybe you need some fat. Just a little. 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z But the story follows a downward spiral, with some grimly comic turns into “This Is Spinal Tap” territory. ?Everyday Sunshine? Celebrates Ska-Punk Rockers Fishbone 2011-10-02T02:45:06Z Both the places and the men are trending downward, but no matter who the men are, they aren’t good for the girls. A Thriller Wrapped in a Story of Sisters and First Love 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Because the law circles the wagons above the line and falls heavy downward. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z From “Days of Wine and Roses” to “Leaving Las Vegas” the inexorable downward spiral has been a film staple for decades, and the blood-alcohol level in popular culture certainly remains high. Arts & Leisure: Wrestling With Recovery Is No Fairy Tale 2011-06-29T12:00:06Z The “Bride With A Plan Box” includes two vow books, a thank you note tracker and a balloon stating “Bride” with an arrow pointing downward. For Bride (and Groom) Gifting: Think Inside The Box 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z "A weakening global economy would be expected to consume less crude oil, which puts downward pressure on prices," AAA's Avery Ash said. Energy fades as campaign issue as gas prices drop 2012-05-15T11:00:00Z As with the previous downward trend, there are plusses and minuses, namely higher production values per episode at the cost of time spent with the characters. Are shorter seasons ruining television? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He revises his winnings upward, his losses downward, and at one point claims that a disastrous hand of Texas Hold ’em was a big win. Review: ‘Mississippi Grind’ Keeps Its Cards Close 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The Met does have a problem with declining attendance, but the downward trend has happened a little too quickly to be explained by large-scale demographic shifts. The Met's Klinghoffer Problem 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Those who were exposed to the downward time took more sweets than those who saw time moving upward, but only when they recalled mundane events. Fast-paced digital lifestyle may contribute to our desire to eat junk food, study finds 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Later in the concerto there is a repetitive elaboration of a downward scale more in the manner of Philip Glass. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z On all four sides of each void, waterfalls descend into a broad reflecting pool, irresistibly drawing your eyes, and your thoughts, ever downward. Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z Meanwhile, Trump is already on a downward spiral. We need you, Seth Meyers: Don’t ban Donald Trump from your show—take him down 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z If you see teeth pointing only downward, it’s an alligator. New exhibit shows that crocs and gators are more than man-eaters 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z There was no upward slope or downward slope. Doxxing victim: “This isn’t about porn, this is about humiliation” 2014-03-02T01:00:00Z This approach produced some exciting moments: women balancing on the men’s shoulders at a precarious downward slope; one man skidding under his partner’s leg in the split second it was lifted. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet Plays With Limits and Dystopia at City Center 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z But after the publication of “In Cold Blood” and the Black and White Ball he threw at the Plaza, his writing career, along with his alcoholism, spiraled downward. ‘The Swans of Fifth Avenue’ review: Would you trust Truman Capote? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The trajectories are downward; white-collar existences have gone blue; clear minds are sunk in unclear circumstances. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Metallic percussion instruments add tiny impulses that set off a downward flow of strings — in halting smooth waves at first, then gradually with growing insistence and confidence. Musical Travel Companions for a Year of Going Nowhere 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Attendance has trended steadily downward since a peak in the mid-1980s, and the institution faces a version of the Republican Party’s marketing problem: An all-white, heartland-based demographic is no longer enough. Colonial Williamsburg: Where the Tea Party gets schooled 2013-04-07T16:00:00Z Meanwhile, Vibeke pursues Tom, a carnival worker, and revises her standards for an erotic encounter steadily downward. Cold Cases: Three Scandinavian Novels Explore Chilling Emotional Territory 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z “Ne tradas nos,” the countertenors sing — “deliver us not” — as they step downward, inverting the upward rumbles of death with which the piece began. From a 1550s Pandemic, a Choral Work Still Casts Its Spell 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z What’s most striking, though, is Dodger Stadium’s willingness to travel in downward spirals. DJ Dodger Stadium: House music and 'the hypnotic loneliness of L.A.' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Still, it can be enough just to watch Mr. Pearce — with a shrug, a downward glance and a flickering, self-amused smile — build a character from so little. Movie Review: Guy Pearce in ?Lockout? 2012-04-12T21:56:11Z In the concerto’s slow movement, meanwhile, the clarinet and orchestra trade scales that gently drift downward, creating a sense of spaciousness and peace. Martin Frost Explores the Soul of the Clarinet 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Think of the obscurely nauseous casino ping of tugging downward on Instagram and seeing it refresh with a notification, the instant dopamine rush. What Tweets and Emojis Did to the Novel 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z In the age of downloadable entertainment, live audiences — be they for sports or chamber music — are a downward trend. Young Seattle Symphony fans gather in WolfGang 2010-04-14T21:15:00Z It doesn’t peddle a message or redemption, but instead tethers you to an oblivious narcissist who pushes the story into an ever-deepening downward spiral. Robert Pattinson Knows What You Think, but He Can Work With That 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Cast your eyes downward, to the front and center of the stage and you’ll see an open grave, waiting to receive all and sundry. Review: All the World’s a Grave in the Druid ‘Richard III’ 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z I instead see shyness or just self-consciousness, especially in how she looks at the camera only to cast her eyes downward. ‘The Super 8 Years’ Review: Annie Ernaux’s Celluloid Souvenirs 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z There are families that are ‘weird,’ and there are families that are spiraling downward.” Motherlode: When to Report Another Parent 2011-03-08T23:02:36Z Summer 2015 is expected to be a vast improvement, but there's no denying the overall downward trend in real terms of ticket sales and inflation. Guardians of the Galaxy can't save US box office from a soggy summer 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Dukakis gives a more naturalistic performance, suggesting a woman always struggling against the downward pull of time and gravity, a Beckettian figure who can’t go on but will go on. Critic’s Notebook: Watching ‘Mother Courage’ and ‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’ 2013-08-19T21:54:46Z A Black woman sits, bare-breasted, hands on her knees, head bent pensively downward; a Black man, half-nude, crouches at her feet and leans against her as if for warmth or protection. For Black Artists, the Motivating Power of Melancholia 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Swinton and Scott Thomas's affairs are tempestuous: "I Am Love" plays like swirling Italian opera; "Leaving" like Madame Bovary in a downward spiral. At SIFF: A tale of three actresses 2010-05-26T17:03:00Z The other, opening downward, clears space for a circular canopy, made of steel, hovering, a little like the Starship Enterprise, above the building’s entrance. 7 Bryant Park Embraces Its Place in the City 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The back edge of the frame is built higher than the front so that the lids slope downward toward the south, for a better sun angle. Perspective | Slim pickings in this summer’s garden? You can do better next year. Here’s how. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z “In America my name sounds like a bad hand in Scrabble,” she once put it herself, darkly joking at the downward turn her acting career had taken after she emigrated from Poland. Theater Review: John Guare’s ‘3 Kinds of Exile,’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2013-06-12T02:00:12Z Head bent downward, I scanned for agates — and found some. Worth the Trip: Soul-nourishing vistas at Ebey’s Landing 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z I felt the earth and her performance tumbling in a downward spiral. "American Idol" recap: Sexual frustration edition 2010-03-10T16:01:00Z The phrase has even evolved an off-label use to describe a downward spiral in mental health. The Rabbit-Hole Rabbit Hole 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But by the end of the 1970s, Fania was on a downward spiral. Celebrating a Salsa Legacy 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “Certainly, one of the goals was to put downward pressure on the price of RINs,” she told Reuters in an interview. Exclusive: Trump EPA did not await court ruling to loosen biofuel... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Remember the downward spiral of raging, misogynist Internet commentary about how stupid it would be to replace a made-up male character with a made-up female character? Feminist Thor selling way more comic books than dude Thor 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z You only have to read the words "Part V – Hell" to sense events in Valhalla Rising are about to take a downward turn. Anne Bilson 2010-06-03T21:20:00Z The vocabulary of Washington’s nonprofit arts leaders has taken a depressing turn in the past week, when a global pandemic began upending their local communities and throwing their businesses into a downward spiral. Across the arts, there’s concern about the long-term effects of the coronavirus 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In “Inferno,” he follows the path of Dante’s text — beginning, in the section “Abandon Hope,” with piercing darkness and a downward plunge reminiscent of the “Dante” Symphony. Review: Thomas Adès Charts a Journey Through Hell and Heaven 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z As I rushed downward, the wind pushing against my body, gravity pulling me toward the ground, the adrenaline flooded in. My trapeze-flying adventure: Better than an orgasm 2013-03-16T20:00:00Z When deviance is continually defined downward, when there seems, finally, to be no moral floor, what was once deemed taboo is now simply Tuesday. Perspective | Trump’s exit may be too late to save the presidential movie 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But what really confounds her is the depressive’s maddening self-absorption, a mind trapped in that mesmeric hall of mirrors where every affirmation of hope looks ridiculous and the only pathway seems to spiral downward. Book review: ‘All My Puny Sorrows,’ by Miriam Toews But her resolve to ignore the long, tortured Pakistani-American relationship, and her decision to avoid drawing conclusions about why Pakistan is on such a downward spiral, sells the reader short. Books of The Times: Conflicts and Contradictions of Pakistan 2011-08-08T12:00:00Z Blake finds himself trapped in a downward spiral after his jobseeker’s allowance is suspended, because he is thought not to be trying hard enough to find the work he is unfit to do. Ken Loach: ‘If you’re not angry, what kind of person are you?’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z A quick downward cupping clips off the sound. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z The babies will connect the mothers to the ineffable — not just upward, but also downward, to an unnamed space below, a well, a hell. What Do Mothers Want? And Will They Know It When They Find It? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Back then, there was something romantic to the public nature of Cobain’s downward spiral. ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’: A clearer take on whatever, nevermind 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “I just spiraled downward, and everything looked bad,” she said. Pop: Fiona Apple’s New Album, ‘The Idler Wheel’ 2012-05-30T12:00:00Z From a peak of about 45 acres in 1996-97, the size has been on a downward trend. Monarch butterflies in Mexico allow brush with fragile beauty 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z It was this downward step to the end of his life. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z But they trace a downward spiral that reminds you that, in Christopher Hitchens’s phrase, “Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they probably begin by calling ‘charismatic.’ Review: In ‘Yours in Haste and Adoration,’ Terry Southern’s Thoughts Spill Out 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy similarly says, "After the surprise and promise of 'District 9,' this represents a further downward step for director Neill Blomkamp in the wake of the highly uneven 'Elysium.'" 'Chappie': Artificial intelligence tale lacks brainpower, reviews say 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z In New York state, the tests aligned with it were abruptly made much more difficult, which produced a drastic shift downward in students’ scores. Stop Humiliating Teachers 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “Drugs were readily available, and I dived in head first. And once you get into that downward spiral, it’s hard to pull out of it.” Joe Cocker, singer known for his raspy voice and unbridled performances, dies at 70 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z There are parallels between the Terminator saga’s distressing downward spiral into creative redundancy and its own essential mythology. Can James Cameron switch Terminator back on? 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z "The Gambler," which opens on Christmas day, chronicles the week-long downward spiral of disaffected Bennett, who despite all the trappings of success and privilege is bent on self-destruction via high-stakes gambling. Remake of 'The Gambler' turns to theme of redemption 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Gary’s story comes under attack, including from big media types, and he enters a downward spiral as so, too, does the film. ‘Kill the Messenger,’ a Film About the Reporter Gary Webb 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z A total of 43 3D films were released, down from 47 in 2011, but the figures continue a slight downward trend. Income generated by 3D films falls 2013-06-14T15:14:35Z Mr. Langrée has removed that chord, keeping our focus on the powerful downward march in the strings. Mostly Mozart’s Final Notes Include ‘Passion’ 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Although it was the show’s largest audience since the season premiere, when compared to same period last year the overall ratings trend points downward. ArtsBeat Blog: ABC Dances to Top Rating 2011-11-22T20:30:25Z The downward trend raises a larger question about the show’s future after this season. ArtsBeat: 'Two and a Half Men' Tumbles to Lowest Audience in Five Years 2012-04-10T19:44:12Z The camera looks downward to the boys’ upturned faces, which register a confusing array of emotions. Garrett Bradley Reminds Us That Black Joy Always Existed 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z A former baseball player who couldn't cut it in the big leagues finds himself in a downward spiral until he meets a young man with Down syndrome working at the local grocery store. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The evening followed a similar downward trajectory from there. Date Lab: They both like to tell stories in front of an audience. That’s a problem. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z All you do is flip the shelves over so the little lip is facing up, then adjust the brackets or pegs so each shelf slants downward. Why haven't we been storing canned food like this all along? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z For the past seven years, cruise lines have seen a downward trend on their average annual inspection scores, indicating that inspectors are catching ships with more violations per year. More cruise ships failed sanitation inspections in 2017 than any other year 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z But the aptly named Preacher, cook at Jack's Bar, the riverfront grill of the beloved, fictional place, basically delivers the entire town at one time or another from certain death, a downward spiral, or heartache. Hot for Preacher: Why "Virgin River" must protect its selfless rescuer at all costs 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Taking quick sips of water and patting her chest, her brow angled downward and her eyes glistened as if recalling a painful memory. My wife’s brain surgery 2012-07-20T00:00:00Z "You guys are right. That's the trajectory because you go from movie star to reality star to YouTube star. It's perfect. It's a perfect downward angle." The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z There she is, leaning “halfway out of a tenement window, taking in the drama of the block and defying gravity’s downward pull.” An Exhilarating Work of History About Daring Adventures in Love 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z So begins a depressingly familiar downward spiral as the young women’s fiercely-held dreams of advancement are derailed by fate and their own weaknesses. ‘Stray Dolls’ Review: Woman on the Verge 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z My mouth curled slightly downward, my brows were furrowed, my lips were a little pursed. I’m Not Mad. That’s Just My RBF. 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z In Spelunky, the goal is to traverse downward through each level until you find the exit, which leads to a new level deeper underground. ‘Spelunky’ Review: A Punishing Platformer That’s Always Changing 2012-07-05T17:37:40Z I mocked everything she did and her subsequent downward spiral without realizing my simmering rage was really about something else. As a teenager, I hated Britney Spears and decades later I'm owning up to this misogyny 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Raising my eyebrows lifted my nose a little so it wasn’t pointed downward completely, which was good, but it’s exhausting and it’s weird to always look surprised. The Mirror: Nose Jobs Aren?t for Everyone - The Mirror 2011-10-14T22:26:02Z Fortunately, Molesley himself knows all about downward job mobility and can surely demonstrate the proper technique for swallowing one’s pride. ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 6, Episode 7: Crash and Burn 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Four attendees appeared at poolside yoga early the next morning, seemingly fast friends, chatting and cheerful in their downward dogs. In the ’90s, We Had ‘Friends.’ Now They Call It Co-Living. 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z It just seemed like his way of nodding toward a downward hemline trend. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z Having dispossessed them and pushed them into a downward spiral of indigence, in a cruel sleight of hand the government began to use their own penury against them. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z I find, however, that “Swan Lake” is not “Swan Lake” unless the corps dances with an element of heroic strain — notably in the downward wing beat of the arms. Critic?s Notebook: One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations 2011-07-05T00:25:11Z Sure enough, the episode chronicles the downward spiral of Darlene, his sister and successor, and her compatriots into paranoia, flight from the law, violence and murder. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Shock to the System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z This cycle of expansion and collapse defines the piece; lush, even cinematic gestures are pulled at by sickly downward moans. Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Takes a Bow in San Francisco 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z No, the reason why the S Club 7 reunion will be unmissable is because almost every member has spent the last decade on a downward spiral. Why an S Club 7 reunion show needs to happen 2013-05-30T14:26:24Z The screens are turned downward, and the only way to see what’s playing is by looking into a small, round mirror positioned on the floor. Artist's simulated banana grove is a stinking indictment of American corporate greed 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z When a visitor pointed out that the stitching on her quilted mandarin-collared jacket was the same shade, the petite Ms. Hai Chang cast her eyes downward and began giggling in embarrassment. The China Institute?s Curator Has Connections 2010-03-20T04:40:00Z It drops you into a world that the director knows firsthand: a suburban fringe of stasis, downward mobility and lowered expectations. 'Putty Hill': Film finds beauty in bleak lives 2011-07-14T19:39:04Z Approaching the center from the grand entrance, the floor of the complex angles downward, with parts of the building residing physically underground. Meet the philanthropic couple behind the Musco Center for the Arts 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Haim, a Canadian-born teenage film star of the 1980s whose life spiraled downward due to drug and alcohol abuse, died at age 38. Actor Corey Haim bought more than 550 pills before death 2010-04-06T20:24:00Z Brockmire then disappeared into an alcoholic downward spiral, calling cockfights in Asia and starring in a Filipino rip-off of “Hart to Hart,” among other things, as he scrabbled through the dregs of his sanity. There is joy in Morristown: Salon talks to Hank Azaria, star of “Brockmire” 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z What we are being taken downward to, she does not say; but hints abound, and they are uniformly not encouraging. Review | Louise Glück’s first collection since her Nobel gracefully captures our fragility 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z In a twist, he pointed downward, sending the other characters sinking below stage amid smoke before flicking away his butt. ArtsBeat Blog: Watching a La Scala Opening on the Big Screen 2011-12-07T23:05:49Z Does her mother ever take a position other than downward dog? | '16-Love': ?16-Love,? About a Tennis Prodigy ? Review 2012-01-20T00:52:34Z “Build a Nest,” by the penguin exhibit, will invite them to copy the birds’ behavior, and while there are no downward otter poses, “Animal Yoga,” by the otter display, will encourage some mimicry, too. Diving Into Conservation at World Oceans Weekend 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Death could come at any time from a shell, what the poet Siegfried Sassoon called “your downward darting kiss.” How poppies, strong and fragile, became a symbol of WWI devastation 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z And by all indications, this trend downward is unstoppable. Fitness DVD makers learning to go with the flow in a world that expects streaming video 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z That vortex effect seems to have begun with Melania Trump, whose numbers tracked downward with her husband’s. Jill Biden raises money for Democrats amid gaffes and popularity drop 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The outcome sends Ally, who has struggled with phobias and anxiety for years, on a downward spiral. Review | ‘American Horror Story’ tries to make the Trump era scarier than it actually is 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Now that it's over, we're looking back at some of the most surprising and disappointing moments of the season: Surprise: The darkness of Hannah's downward spiral. Girls season two review: surprises and disappointments 2013-03-18T15:24:16Z In late January, LaBeouf assured fans that what seemed like a downward spiral was actually premeditated performance art. A Brief History of Shia LaBeouf Copying the Work of Others 2014-02-10T18:28:00Z In sum, it looked like a classic downward spiral. Up Close: Notoriety in a Tight Embrace 2010-06-09T23:12:00Z Fitness classes feel, sound and look different these days: beer bottles as weights, toddlers and dogs greeting us in downward dog, garages as gyms. Wacky costumes and competitions: Fitness instructors create community despite covid-19 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The illustration shows the cat looking intently downward, the tip of her tail turned slightly up, as if in an involuntary twitch. The Bittersweet Announcement of a New Beatrix Potter Book 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Edward Albee defied the downward trajectory of an aging genius. Spirit of Edward Albee endures in a new staging of 'The Play About the Baby' 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The man she had been downward dogging next to, whom she described as being “tall, dark and handsome,” was, in all likelihood, the same man who had winked at her online profile earlier that day. Falling Head Over Heels in Yoga Class 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z In the chorus “And the glory of the Lord,” as the sopranos sing an ascending line, a downward slinking inner voice is playfully highlighted by a trombone. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z This was a forearm already on a downward trajectory; this was Newton’s First Law. Perspective | A non-assault taught us a lot about the White House’s cynical view of real ones 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Waves of electronic dance music grow louder with each downward step toward a pulsating, football field-sized club where lasers cut the air above thousands of dancers. Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City 2013-05-05T18:09:09Z And as the Lyons muddle through their personal dramas, polite society slides downward. The quiet alarm of "Years and Years": A slow slide into dystopia, with cozy family dinners intact 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The downward spiral of Filth means to demonstrate that he knows nothing. REVIEW: Can Filth Live Down to Its Title? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Zucker said the replacement stage will still be two-tiered, a feature performance companies like, but it will be all wood, with no concrete and no downward slope. Ford Amphitheatre to close next summer for $19.7-million makeover 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s being waged by an economy that has driven the real incomes of ordinary Americans downward year after year for four decades while demanding ever more exorbitant displays of holiday largess. The war on Christmas movies 2012-12-08T17:00:00Z With the economy in a downward spiral, they couldn't find a buyer, and when the property didn't move for over a year, they were forced to pull it off the market. The New Homebuyer Tax Credit Won't Die --Should It? 2010-07-01T22:54:00Z The whole sound mass then glides downward and becomes more agitated. Review: At the Philharmonic, New Music for a Changing World 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z You literally walk downward into the historical narrative and gradually work through tales of resistance until you emerge again into the landscape, in which important battles were fought during Israel’s War of Independence. Critic’s Notebook: Israel’s Holocaust Museums Evolve in Message and Methods 2012-09-04T22:03:21Z It is an America that has been on a downward trajectory for decades, hurt by the loss of jobs and with downtowns emptied of energy and filled with drugs. Outside coastal bubbles, to say 'America is already great' rings hollow 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Since then, the mall has spiraled downward, losing customers, retailers and property value, which drained hundreds of thousands of dollars in property taxes from West Mifflin and its school district. Western Pa. mall slides into retail abyss 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z One of the largest contributing factors is financial difficulties, which started Pryce’s downward spiral in the first place. Mad Men Watch: Farewell, Lane 2012-06-04T10:50:32Z There are few online experiences more dispiriting, more arduously futile, than the downward scroll into the netherworld of half-assed provocations and inanities that exists beneath the typical opinion piece or YouTube video. It’s Comments All the Way Down 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z He writes, “Such certainty comes seldom, but when it comes it is as irresistible as the downward bending of a dowser’s twig.” Time Out: The Beauty of J. A. Baker’s “The Peregrine” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The stereotype of an alcoholic is somebody on a downward spiral, that looks in really, rough shape. How 'Arthur's' alcoholics have changed 2011-04-08T21:30:17Z What I can tell you about the fall of 2017 is that it coincided with a downward slope of my youth that was far steeper than I had any grasp of at the time. Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The bass eventually plummets downward, only to rise again. Perspective | Lizzo is everything. Is that enough? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z But overall, religious engagement trended downward at roughly the same rate as before the pandemic, according to the new Pew survey. More Americans left religion during the pandemic 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z And sure, after "And Just Like That" killed Big, Peloton's stocks plummeted 12%, but that was only continuing a downward trend that started in November. The damning portrayals of Peloton on our TVs and what that says about us 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z "Right-to work is a race to the bottom, it's a downward spiral to lower wages and fewer benefits," Simpson said. Indiana joins right-to-work ranks 2012-02-01T20:39:05Z On “Twin Flame,” the set’s opener, Mr. Hill and the alto saxophonist Braxton Cook traded solos, Mr. Hill issuing adamant, downward runs and Mr. Cook rising up in sunny flares. Live Jazz: Three September Standouts, From Fay Victor to Starebaby 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Squirrels disassembled pine cones in the branches, sending pieces spiraling downward. Old fire lookouts offer sleepovers with history, panoramas and unexpected comfort 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Suddenly, the canoe hurtled downward in the furrowed water, and there was an unexpected whump as we bottomed out. Retracing a Mother’s Path of Escape Along a Wintry Merrimack 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In others, they grow downward, and these reflexed petals bestow a different but agreeable characteristic to the flower. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z But who knows, getting into downward dog with a goat balancing atop your back might be a charming way to enhance your practice. Confused by yoga class names such as hatha, hot, vinyasa or yin? Here’s how to find your flow. 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Ownership also remains a tough sell now that consumers can stream rented movies any time to a wide range of Internet-connected devices, which has caused a steady march downward for physical movie disc sales. Ready for movies in the cloud? Studios bet you are 2011-10-10T17:00:08Z Drill about at the ground surface, angling downward toward the center of the stump. Two enemies of outdoor wooden sculptures: Rain and sun 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z As they whirl, the dervishes’ right hands are symbolically turned upward toward God, while their left hands are turned downward to Earth. AP PHOTOS: Whirling dervish ritual honors Sufi mystic poet 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The NME's circulation figures are part of an overall downward trend. NME sales dip below 20,000 copies 2014-02-14T10:29:17Z It’s slightly depressing to observe the downward trajectory of Stoller’s artistry. “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” and Greek Life 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Pinch Hitters At Tanglewood LENOX, Mass. THE double basses and cellos of the thumped their way downward at a rehearsal of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection.” Tanglewood Batons: Thomas, Dohnanyi and Mena 2010-07-08T22:06:00Z The downward transposition pushes the bass parts into tenebrous depths, especially in the concluding Magnificat, a text often given bright and sparkling settings, which here took on a majestic gravity. Music Review: Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin 2013-01-03T23:10:05Z Bryan Cranston returns as a former New Orleans judge on a downward spiral in the second season of this drama, adapted from the Israeli TV series “Kvodo.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Last of Us’ and the Golden Globes 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Chenoweth played McKinley High legend April Rhodes in about five episodes that showed her downward spiral after she failed to make it big. 13 memorable 'Glee' guest stars 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z He looks downward with an expression of wistful wonder. Art: At the National Gallery, Art That Made the Leap to Real Life 2011-04-29T11:57:27Z Over five seasons, he has played the unscrupulous lawyer Jimmy McGill on his downward path to becoming the venal Saul Goodman, the character he introduced on “Breaking Bad.” Better Call an Ambulance: Bob Odenkirk Is Out for Revenge in ‘Nobody’ 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z As in Shakespeare, the lovers are overheated and silly, and when the characters shift downward in station, poetry turns to prose. The Improvised Shakespeare Company’s Couplets Off the Cuff 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z But although supplies will be better, the improved harvest picture is not currently putting much downward pressure on hop prices. Cheer for brewers as bigger hops harvest looms in Germany 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z “The Exterminating Angel,” inspired by the Luis Buñuel film of the same name, depicts an absurd fictional dinner party that spirals downward as viewers realize that the guests cannot escape. A Fall Season of Debuts, Returns and Farewells 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Returning to New York two years later, he resumed his downward trajectory, eventually joining a gang, selling drugs and being expelled from college. A Young Chef, and a Stunning Comeback 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z For a quieter song she made a downward motion with her hands: everyone sat down cross-legged. Music Review: Duchess Says, Canadian Band, at Public Assembly 2012-08-26T21:11:40Z “Bombshell” sympathetically tracks her downward spiral without reducing her to the sum of her misfortunes. Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and Inventor 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The 1973 album’s success, when he was 26 years old, opened a door to drug and alcohol abuse, sending him into a downward spiral. Elton John to walk down the yellow brick road at KeyArena | Concert preview 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Ratings for live TV events like the Academy Awards are trending downward as part of an industry-wide decline in linear TV viewership. Ratings for Sunday's Oscars telecast on ABC fall to all-time low 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The earth passed across one porthole and drifted upward out of sight, then reappeared in another porthole on the other side of the ball before drifting downward out of sight. T Magazine: First Man Up 2011-03-08T14:00:35Z “Increasing” daters, meanwhile, suffered a steady downward academic march the older they got. High school dorks need not despair 2013-04-01T19:42:00Z Shifting power downward and outward can energize a dance institution’s artists, but those artists need support, too. Dance’s Communal Ethos Is Moving Into the Office and Boardroom 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In 2019, she was on a downward spiral after a series of tragic and challenging events that took place while she was living overseas. ‘A life force’: the swimming group making waves in western Sydney – a photo essay 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z This was the subtle, Norwegian version of a frenzy: people standing on the curb, tugging arms downward so as to get the truckers to beep. Exploring Norway’s Fjords by Car and Boat 2012-06-29T16:47:27Z “It says ‘right arm downward, outward and inward through the thighs,’ ” he said, as members of the group tried to translate those instructions into a scooping arm movement. Make Music New York’s Main Act Is Cardew’s ‘Great Learning’ 2013-06-20T22:28:32Z As I start this inevitable downward path from suburban home to city apartment to assisted-living facility? Perspective | My nest is empty, but the stuff remains. Why is decluttering so emotionally fraught? 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The stage’s current elevated back tier is concrete, the front has plywood surfacing on top of concrete, and the stage tilts downward toward the audience to help rainwater slide off. Ford Amphitheatre to close next summer for $19.7-million makeover 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The cause of turbulence was due to a drop in height and strong downward “impulse,” ALK wrote in a statement obtained by Fox News. Video shows flight attendant hitting plane ceiling, passenger praying during severe turbulence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Except for one thing: The tread on the big, blocky stool tilts downward toward the front at roughly a 45-degree angle. Has art's Slant Step mystery finally been solved? 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Flashing colored lights, doors and windows snapping open and slamming shut; singers leaping and bounding out of the wings and onto the stage, and streamers cascading downward in the grand finale. Seattle Opera offers an action-packed ‘Barber of Seville’ 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z He’s slow to offer direct eye contact, prone to gazing downward — whether onstage in front of nearly 3,000 acolytes or even in a one-on-one conversation. Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It’s landed him on our cultural divide. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Yes, the dramatic architecture was in place; Jesse's arc on "Breaking Bad" has been more like a downward moral spiral, taking him from the fringes of the drug trade into its violent heart. "Breaking Bad," 4x7: "Problem Dog" 2011-08-29T14:30:00Z Ms. Pantastico excelled in the concerto’s outer movements, where the upward sweep of a leg or the downward tap of a toe showed her uncannily at one with Michael Jinsoo Lim’s solo violin. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet and Three by Balanchine 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The Traveller by Oliver Goldsmith "E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, / I sit me down a pensive hour to spend; / And, plac'd on high above the storm's career, / Look downward where a hundred realms appear." Ten of the best: Alps 2010-12-18T00:07:19Z More than three years after the economy started its downward slide, the Miami metro area, like a handful of Sun Belt cities, still hasn't begun to recover. Ten U.S. Cities In Free Fall 2010-04-09T20:20:00Z His character, Bruce Robertson, who narrates the film, is an Edinburgh police detective sergeant on a catastrophic downward spiral. ‘Filth’ Stars James McAvoy as an Insane Detective 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z True to the Fall, “Excavate!” hurtles downward into the psychogeography of Smith’s gospel, flinging hot and strange shrapnel in its wake. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The same actors would play characters in different periods, sometimes switching race and gender, as each soul moves upward, downward or sideways on the karmic plane. Can 'Cloud Atlas' survive Hollywood reincarnation? 2012-10-17T14:13:11Z As a teenager in the Umatilla tribe in Oregon, she said, she was rebellious and on a downward spiral — insecure because of scars from a burning accident, ashamed of being Native. A New Kind of Native American Dance Troupe 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But it's hard to assess Gibson's potential as a filmmaker because the star appears to be spiraling downward -- and not just professionally. Mel Gibson ouster more about money than morals 2010-07-12T01:26:00Z A city smugly in the downward facing dog. My Vancouver: An Ever-Unfolding Story 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z The only flaw was the shoes, towering wedges with a footbed that curved downward, like a black diamond ski slope. Like clockwork, Akris churns out another fine show 2010-10-03T12:01:00Z The performance closed with “Will Never Be Forgotten,” a lament with a descending bass line and a melody that winds downward like a teardrop. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z "All you're going to see is a downward curve," Sheen said. Clinton-Blair years focus of HBO's 'Relationship' 2010-05-29T03:40:00Z “Then you’ll get a lot more light and not just directional light” shining downward. Perspective | 10 ways to refresh your kitchen if you can’t do a full reno 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z When a campaign appears to be on a downward spiral, it becomes easy to see signs of doom. After a ‘gut punch’ in Iowa, a surreal feeling surrounds Biden’s campaign 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Though few expected Facts to pull out of its years-long downward spiral, the official cause of death was from injuries suffered last week when Florida Republican Rep. Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012 2012-04-20T21:47:00Z The sloping downward and forward line that Degas’s dancers maintain from toe to hand in arabesque penchée is a single absorbing diagonal. Degas?s Ballet at the Phillips Collection and Royal Academy 2011-09-02T12:39:28Z Second, he’d aimed downward, ignoring a rule obliging bird hunters to observe “blue sky” before firing. Perspective | The thing Harry Whittington refused to lie about 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z It was one of the evening's more satisfying calls, along with the wins for Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence, who at 22, reinforces the downward trend of the age of Best Actress winners. Oscars 2013: Argo's win for best picture means everyone has to hate it now 2013-02-25T15:01:34Z All through the New York sessions, you hear a persistent downward tug in the voice, a grimace of regret. Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Her mood turned downward at the Norfolk island pine. The U.S. Virgin Islands clean up for the holidays 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z When she booked a Las Vegas residency at 46, yet avoided a downward slope on the fame parabola? What Is the ‘J. Lo Effect’? 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z I bought her downward spiral and was elated to see her claw her way back to a life she wanted. Watched All of the ‘Gilmore Girls’ Revival? Let’s Talk About It 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z On top of all that are economic precarity and downward mobility, being one unplanned health emergency from disaster: He Can See Dead People but ‘Not Like in That Movie.’ (OK, Sort Of.) 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Friends and career languish on the back burner as he spirals downward, and the film erupts with omens. Movie Review: ‘Nancy, Please,’ Directed by Andrew Semans 2013-05-23T23:39:32Z That’s why dedicating time to Crawford’s spiral downward may have encumbered the momentum of “Feud” in its final three episodes. “Feud: Bette and Joan” fades out: Old Hollywood may have been no match for the modern woman 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z There's something so eerie about Armond's final, downward spiral in the finale, ultimately leading to his death. “White Lotus” star bids Aloha to a shocking finale: “Privileged, rich people get away with stuff” 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z I took the tweet as a solid hint that her relationship with Oleg would continue on its downward trajectory. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: The Country They Love and Hate 2014-03-20T19:30:37Z Coming after the breathless Scherzo, on Thursday it struggled to find its footing, but eventually did, building toward a keening climax of shrieks and downward runs. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s all been one long downward slide since time immemorial? Culture is dead — again: It’s the end of civilization as we know it (and maybe we feel fine) 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Devastated and in a downward spiral of substance abuse, Hopper put down his Nikon and abandoned Los Angeles for Taos, N.M. ‘Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album,’ at the Gagosian Gallery 2013-05-02T21:29:45Z But in spring, when many of the plants in our lives are seedlings, it pays to look downward. When growing transplants for the garden, don’t crowd the roots 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z It describes the final hours of Willy, a traveling salesman flummoxed by the downward trajectory of his life and his livelihood. Review: ‘Death of a Salesman,’ Diluted by Too Many Experiments 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Seeking serious work, she seemed destined instead for a downward television spiral in which “you were going to be guest starring on things and then hoping to be guest starring in things and game shows.” Perspective | Sally Field, on Broadway and on a mission 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, her presence and performance elevate a story into which Hawkeye has glaring downward in disappointment before eventually figuring out how to have fun again. "Hawkeye" reminds us why Jeremy Renner's archer is the least Avenger 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Indeed, where the symphony offers an elegy, the concerto is pulled constantly downward as if by gravity. Review: Carnegie Hall’s Season Opens With Two Faces of Cleveland 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z There is probably no more sobering measure of the changing landscape of on-screen entertainment than the downward trajectory of Scott Turow’s legal thrillers. The TV Watch: ?Scott Turow?s Innocent? on TNT 2011-11-28T18:47:35Z Photographed from below, the black-and-white portrait depicted a grim-faced Mr. Dylan, gazing downward with the look of a man passing before the casket at a funeral. Barry Feinstein, Photographer of Defining Rock Portraits, Dies at 80 2011-10-21T04:57:18Z She went around the room giving small corrections — “let the energy project downward,” and “use your back” — and then paused and smiled: “That was so much better!” Sculpting With Bodies at American Ballet Theater 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z No one will look beyond that at the downward spiral of events that led to this tragedy.” Sarah Reed wrote to family 'she had been sexually assaulted' in hospital 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Here, too, the ending was particularly beautiful, the repeated downward curls of melody resembling nothing so much as pats and strokes of consolation. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z That word is OXYPHENBUTAZONE, and to get the points, it would need to be played across the top of the board, hitting three Triple Word Score squares while making seven crosswords downward. 15 fascinating facts about Scrabble 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z But after the series ended, his career spiraled downward. Gary Coleman, ?Diff?rent Strokes? Star, Dies at 42 2010-05-28T22:19:00Z It was, she says, a “can’t live with each other, can’t live without each other” relationship, and when it ended her mother entered a downward spiral that included alcohol abuse. 'I haven’t seen a healthy version of marriage': children of divorce on the lasting impact 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z But first, earn it, by doing the lodge’s challenge ropes course, dogging yourself downward in a yoga class or jumping on a complimentary beach cruiser bike. Play where you stay: Great hotels for active vacations 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Everyone looked to New York that day, then to Iraq and Afghanistan, eventually turning our gaze angrily at each other, or downward. From "Gladiator" to "Nope": How Jordan Peele maps our decline into spectacular denial 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z “I was on the downward slope of the book when the quarantine started,” said Whitehead during a recent telephone interview. An eventful year for Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The concept of divorce in Italy is not new, but the trend downward certainly is. T Magazine: Ciao, Amore 2010-10-13T15:00:00Z Without pushing the thesis too hard, Bowser suggests that Ochs' downward spiral was part of his crushing sense of general disillusionment. Recognition for Phil Ochs in powerful documentary 2011-01-03T04:29:59Z The front line set up oblique harmonies, and Murray — who celebrated his 60th birthday Feb. 19 — knifed through them with downward skewers on the bass clarinet, studded with meaty, gutbucket flavor. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z She vividly conjures “the fading walk-up flats in far-flung London postal codes of former courtiers and retainers”: their tables crowded with “tasteful knickknacks,” their stair carpets reeking of “downward mobility and pointless, genteel sacrifice.” Tina Brown Catches Up With Royal Intrigue in ‘The Palace Papers’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z As Sam’s downward spiral takes its course, his individual despair becomes a collective sensation with everyone from social services to documentary filmmakers wanting a piece of the gathering misery. Theater Review: ‘‘Elegy,’’ ‘‘My Mother Said I Never Should’’ and ‘‘The Suicide’’ 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Then, NBC News reported in May that sales volumes of Bud Light for the week ending May 13 sank 28.4%, extending a downward trend from the 27.7% decline the week before. Political stunts and uphill battle: Breaking down Cruz and DeSantis' proposed Bud Light lawsuits 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Cut corn from cob into a mixing bowl by slicing from the top of the ear downward. Go big with a standing rib roast for Christmas dinner 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The artist, who did not even bother to use paint, took the unprimed canvas and slashed it with a downward stroke. 2010-02-12T15:25:00Z When he first appears onstage, two rows of Trump supporters turn their backs to the candidate and point their thumbs downward toward the muck. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z "The Kennedys" then took a long, downward trip through television's alimentary canal, ending up in some dark cavity called the Reelz Channel. The coverup continues: The Kennedys in Hollywood 2011-04-01T14:01:00Z The downward spiral and her eventual, slow recovery are the focus of an intensely personal BBC One documentary, Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out. Little Mix's Jesy Nelson on surviving the trolls: 'People were saying horrific things' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z After my chest was redesigned to his satisfaction, he bent lower; I inched the gown downward. Plastic surgery after the baby 2013-04-27T22:00:00Z Overall, a “historical downward trend” indicated that “Americans will likely continue spending less time outdoors” due in part to “work and family demands as well as technology and cost of entry.” The New Panic Buys: Kayaks, Pools, Tents and Trampolines 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z This was confirmed by the rate of speed at which I hurtled downward. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z It sends her on a downward spiral that is hard to look away from. Murder and White Privilege on a Family Holiday in the Caribbean 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z This Sorting Hat twist, which establishes Harry’s downward trajectory, is more interesting than any other in the book. Finally, a New Harry Potter Story Worth Reading 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The economy, in a swirling, reverberating, downward spiral, took my freelance writing business and my husband’s fine art business with it. How I ended up in a pyramid scheme 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z Bucking a downward trend for many European antiques districts, Madrid’s Sunday flea market keeps getting bigger and better. 36 Hours in Madrid 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The hikers pass by a waterfall of downward harp and scales and see an apparition of a mountain spirit. Into the Music: Strauss?s ?Alpine Symphony? Played Twice in One Night 2012-04-13T22:20:54Z But when planks rise to create a wall of water for the maidens to rest on, there are video images of stones and pebbles on the river floor tumbling downward as the sisters rustle them. Music Review: At Met, the New ?Ring? Is Mostly a Success 2010-09-28T06:30:00Z A series of mechanical devices moves the pin downward until it drops into the hands of a man in a chamber below who affixes it to his face. Mika Rottenberg: ‘Bowls Balls Souls Holes’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z But student fitness levels are “in a downward spiral, like the rest of the population,” he said. Student Social Climbing, but on an Indoor Bike 2013-06-07T22:02:15Z From there, it was quickly downward to “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” “Taste the Blood of Dracula,” “Scars of Dracula,” “Dracula A.D. 1972,” “The Satanic Rites of Dracula” and “Dracula and Son.” Christopher Lee, famous for villainous roles, dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The frequency of business-focused flights “had been such a downward force on airfare,” said Scott Keyes, the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights, a subscription service that finds bargain airfares. Asia (Much of It, Anyway) is Back. And So Are Deals for Hotels, Cruises, Tours and More 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z And, like everybody else, they’ve been steadily adjusting their expectations downward: Maybe things will be okay in a few weeks, then maybe by summer, then maybe by the fall. Live music is on an indefinite hiatus. Here’s how it’s affecting touring musicians and their crews. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Soon, she falls into addiction, a downward spiral the film handles quickly. ‘A Good Person’ Review: Zach Braff’s New Chapter 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Or as they call it, the downward slide of humanity. Christmas No 1: James Arthur has killed off the usual good v evil battle 2012-12-18T20:00:02Z One comment that struck me was that during his funeral, many of James' friends spoke fondly of him, but during his downward spiral, they were not there for him. "Somebody's got to wear the leather pants": Rick James doc filmmaker on the infamous rock star 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z I employ the Two-Chopstick-Method: Rest the potato lengthwise between two chopsticks and slice downward. Who doesn’t like crispy-edged potatoes? Bring on the Hasselback! 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Dante’s journey through Hell had been a downward plunge, but Paradise could only be reached by ascending the slopes of Purgatory. In Italy, a poetic walk in Dante’s footsteps 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In “Gavotte,” upward string swoops were answered by downward swoops of digital noise. Music Review | Glissando bin Laden: Violins Face Off Against Laptops in a Friendly Improvisational Duel 2010-03-08T06:36:00Z At one moment, we appear to be looking downward at the legs of travelers seated on subways, when those anatomical parts are transformed into entire miniature people. Review: Urban Nightmares as Puppets in ‘The Paper Hat Game’ 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z With a few exceptions — a Philadelphia street scene, a downward view of the train tracks at Union Station — these pictures observe aspects of the open road. Review | In the galleries: Studies in ‘anti-landscapes’ and seeing the unseen 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Throughout the season, he seems to have hastened a downward slide. 'Mad Men' ending season with Don Draper at new low 2013-06-20T16:13:34Z There was the first and only time he tried yoga, on the day after a big show, and nearly threw up doing downward dog. Dave Grohl: A back-aching, coffee-guzzling, minivan-driving classic rocker 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The outstanding feature of this Azerbaijani music is its vocal lines, all of which feature complex melismas: a single syllable is decorated with rapid flourishes, slow trills and firm downward slurs. Review: From Mark Morris, a Tale of Love Refracted and Multiplied 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Even Beyoncé’s Vaseline smile turned downward this year under the weight of sinking patrol cars. A Korean Television Show About the Power of Pop Culture 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The song’s downward melodies tumble hard, like that worthless dude Lizzo is dumping. Perspective | Lizzo is everything. Is that enough? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z She prefers occasional deep waterings to encourage roots to grow downward. Perspective | Why the shade garden is so underrated — and how to create your own 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Thus my confidence was shaken, and so began my downward spiral. First Strokes to Becoming Aquaman 2011-05-26T21:30:12Z He held on for dear life as we navigated the curving sidewalk that plunged downward at a 45-degree angle. My 5-year-old uses a walker. That’s even more reason to show her the world. 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Sales were in a downward spiral until I instituted these programs that reversed that trend. Ann Ziff Gives $30 Million to Metropolitan Opera 2010-03-26T22:22:00Z This was an upscale collection, yet its strength was in moving downward: flat sandals highlighted with twinkling stones for at least two-thirds of the show; and long skirts in delicate, crunchy or filmy lace. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z Wilder Mind may have sold less than half as many copies, but with the downward spiral of CD sales becoming sharper every year, those figures aren’t terribly out of line. Mumford And Sons' New Album 'Wilder Mind' Debuts At Number One 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Then, and only then, would he begin to bend, the downward swoop stopped only by the floor. The Curtain Call: Dip, Kiss or Curtsy? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In a handful of incisive scenes she charts the steep downward trajectory of a smart-set party girl whose life unravels thanks to drugs, money problems and shady connections. Qualities of Mercy and Strength 2010-12-03T22:00:00Z Silvery at the top of the keyboard near the end of Beethoven’s second movement, Mr. Schiff handled poignantly the musical line’s drift back downward. Review: Andras Schiff Deconstructs Sonatas 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z But no, this wanderer is off on a solitary quest, a downward spiral that will lead him to a graveyard. Florian Boesch Performs ‘Winterreise’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Ratings figures for the Oscars telecast in the US are on a long-term downward trend since a high of 55m in 1998, when blockbuster Titanic swept the board. Academy Awards rebranded as simply 'the Oscars' 2013-02-20T11:03:22Z Hung just below eye level, as if for a child, they force viewers into a downward gaze, the kind that insulates a person from the rest of the world and opens into a dream state. | Kai Althoff's Crash Pad 2011-01-26T19:33:28Z “Chef” arrives at an opportune moment for a hearty celebration of the putatively redemptive joys of downward mobility. Movie Review: ‘Chef,’ a Culinary Comedy by Jon Favreau 2014-05-08T19:55:37Z Nevertheless, the downward trend in consumption through recent years is fairly dramatic in Europe's wine-drinking heartlands. USA becomes world biggest wine market as French drinkers cut down 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z At every turn, it is the silence that serves as a proxy for power in the story of Bill Cosby, his alleged sexual deviance and the current downward spiral of public opinion. Bill Cosby and the Oppressive Power of Silence 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z This heavy-metal motif appears at key moments, reflecting the family's own downward spiral. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z But the film, which is seeking U.S. distribution, is also a larger meditation on existence and how we quantify it, particularly for men on a downward spiral. Oren Moverman hopes 'Time Out of Mind' spotlights homelessness 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Even if he were, there’s a strange nobility to this downward odyssey that’s hard to shake off. Review: ‘Entertainment’ Features a Comic Who Is Cracking Up 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In the long downward runs that Anna sings in the ensemble that ends Act 1, and again in the closing scene, Meade articulated each note with rare precision. Bolena's crown is a good fit for Angela Meade 2011-10-23T17:46:08Z With yoga in my life I have finally found my balance, somewhere between the downward dog and a yorkshire pudding. Fat girls do yoga too 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Another recurrent image was that of the arms aiming downward and vibrating, like quivering pincers. Review: Thomas Adès Calls for Complexity at City Center 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Industry wisdom said the company needed something big to stop the downward spiral. Chaos and Creation: Inside the Making of Yeezy Gap 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z It thrives in our atomized, traumatized, post-connected society that often seems to be spinning in a cultural downward spiral. A race to the finish in the age of edge 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A flat hand, palm downward, called for smoothness. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z I was, until I shot a glance downward and caught sight of my tiny shadow racing across the treetops hundreds of feet below. Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z But Phoenix's appearance in a documentary by his brother-in-law, actor Casey Affleck, premiered in Venice in 2010, about Phoenix's seemingly downward spiral caused many to speculate whether the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Anderson: 'The Master' inspired by L. Ron Hubbard 2012-09-01T18:16:04Z In a suite of eight solos for five unflagging dancers, to Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin, Mr. Léveillé exploits gravity for the full force of its downward pull. Daniel Léveillé’s ‘Solitudes Solo’ at Abrons Arts Center 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Staggered entries of droning pitches steadily created complexly sour motifs that tended to plunge downward. Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z As we stood close to the edge watching visitors descend, I felt vertigo coming on: There was no chance I was going to make that downward climb with Marceau to the fall’s base. Within the Grand Canyon, the Lure of Havasu Falls 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The shaky economy meant collectors held on to their art not knowing how long the downward spiral would continue. 1932 Picasso Could Become Most Expensive Painting 2010-04-30T20:05:00Z The general drift for cable news’ Big Three — or Big Two and a Half, given MSNBC’s precipitous recent decline — has been downward. Has prime time faded for cable TV news? 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z While he stands to one side looking dazed and bereft, his grim-faced father sits, staring downward, his anger telegraphed by the orange tip of his cigarette. Salman Toor, a Painter at Home in Two Worlds 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z As the movie opens, Royce is shown regaining consciousness while spinning downward in freefall; he has no idea of where he is or why he is there. | 'Predators': Adrien Brody as a Hunted Earthling 2010-07-08T23:31:00Z But this year, things have taken a bit of a turn downward, but not too far down. Michael Jackson Reclaims Title of Top-Earning Dead Celebrity 2013-10-25T09:45:58Z U2 has moved its sound system to arena ceilings: an oval of 12 speaker arrays that sends the music downward evenly everywhere in the arena. U2’s Flight to Now (Turbulence Included) 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Like Mr. Ramey, his smooth, powerful, flexible voice has its greatest impact in the baritonal region, rather than the sepulchral depths; his voice doesn’t bloom as it moves downward. Review: ‘Mefistofele’ at the Met Opera Is a Devil That Dances 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z What exactly is the pleasure to be had in following the inexorable downward spiral of a man seeking to realize his own sexual fantasies? Sex at the Satan Club 2014-03-08T00:00:00Z Annie is an actress seemingly on a downward spiral who, while shooting a movie, is resisting pressure to appear topless. Review: Kidman and Bateman Face Childhood Scars in ‘The Family Fang’ 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The impairment charge resulted from a downward revision in the future profitability projection for the motion pictures business within the pictures segment. Sony takes $1bn write-down on film division 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z This was no tortured artist, locked in a downward spiral, friends and family said. The Life of Tobias Wong, Designer 2010-06-25T22:17:00Z Cyrus says his daughter is in a downward spiral. Billy Ray Cyrus: 'Hannah Montana' destroyed family 2011-02-15T17:53:08Z Photograph: Myles Aronowitz The famine While TV audiences for England v USA peaked at 20 million on Saturday night, multiplexes continued their downward slide. World Cup puts boot into suffering UK box office 2010-06-15T11:58:00Z Eleanor’s increasing absorption with political life causes Hick’s resentment to build, however, and from this point on the novel’s emotional pull is downward. Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Life, as Fodder for Fiction 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Even accounting for the loss of live viewership to the Web, these are low figures, and part of a downward trend. The Nine Lives of “Saturday Night Live” 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Even when the fights began, Amy went to elaborate efforts to be cheerful and boost her husband’s spirits, but she grew more and more worried as the marriage spiraled downward. Books of The Times: ‘Gone Girl,’ by Gillian Flynn 2012-05-29T20:37:17Z Airline gift cards are taking a downward dip and Grubhub and streaming services are up. The New Registry: Needs Versus Wants 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z But it's also the moment that all eyes shift downward. Hitting a fashion show? Crazy heels required 2012-02-14T19:55:25Z After Heaven 17's 1983 album The Luxury Gap, they too began a downward slide, as record labels became more cautious and controlling. Forgive us our synths ? how 80s pop found favour again 2010-11-18T23:33:00Z Curry's dramatic departure sparked a frenzy of negative press coverage — most of it aimed at Lauer, who never clicked with his on-air partner — and led to a downward ratings spiral. NBC's Savannah Guthrie has many more tomorrows on 'Today' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Confronting divorce and passing into her late forties, she began a descent along “a downward slope of my youth that was far steeper than I had any grasp of at the time.” Meghan Daum to Millennials: Get off My Lawn 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Nina and I were Latin America’s upward and downward mobility meeting at a crossroads. I loved girls, but no one knew 2012-06-27T13:00:00Z It is a magnetic, nagging, dragging force, downward into Smith’s seductive and bottomless spiral. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z His eyes still sometimes dart around, often downward, and he’s jarringly comfortable displaying vulnerability and sharing his insecurities. Bobcat Goldthwait Has Moved On. Why Can’t We Catch Up? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z As a touch of eerie timelessness, the table, festooned with flowers, slants downward. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Can BoJack and his ragtag crew somehow turn his downward spiral of a life around? 26 Streaming Shows You Should Get Addicted to This Winter 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Return to the center and repeat, this time moving downward. How to Make the Perfect Flaky Pie Crust 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z If the drafts persist, perhaps you need to adjust the door sweep itself slightly downward. How to stop the airflow around a drafty door 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Make a series of downward cuts as you work around the fruit, to remove the peel and all white pith. This sunny citrus salad will brighten a winter’s day 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Enter the NRA, who worried that this amendment would be a “slippery slope” downward to “regulated shooting grounds.” “Dogs and cats have to die”: Stephen Colbert sums up latest insane NRA crusade 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Yes, and since it came before the show’s downward slide, it was quite good. Everything You Need to Know About the Simpsons-Family Guy Crossover 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s like an arrow facing downward, as opposed to “Jaws,” an arrow facing upward. Reading ‘Us’ Through Its T-shirts 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Anyone who has read a lot of this genre in recent years can't help but brace herself for the sordid details of a downward spiral. 'Wild': blisters and redemption on the Pacific Crest Trail 2012-03-14T19:57:04Z Attendance — already on a downward slope before the coronavirus pandemic — has done a similar nose dive. The movie business may be struggling, but you wouldn’t know it at these thriving independent theaters 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Though famously difficult to sing, the difficulty is exciting; it’s impossible not to be thrilled when a performer nails the treacherous downward arpeggios of “Buenos Aires” or the stratospheric belt of “A New Argentina.” When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Imagine extending your arm, then instead of allowing the natural follow through, which would be a linear stretch of the wrist and hand, you bent the wrist downward, and stuck out your thumb. When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z He moves like an ancient Egyptian figure, pressing into the abyss, and his limbs corkscrew downward, as if fighting against gravity. ‘Giacometti’ Review: Beyond a Retrospective 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The border fortifications have made a difference, though it is hard to gauge how much since the trend in illegal migration had been heading downward for five years before the Secure Fence Act was passed. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z The final “Alleluia-Tropus” climbed ascending scales to a point of near-ecstasy, which remained sustained and fading away in the high voices as the rest of the chorus again swirled downward. Estonian choir brings artistry to unfamiliar music 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z These companies apply further downward price pressure on music as the digital economy in which they are second-class citizens applies downward price pressure on them. The Catastrophist’s 2019 Tech Gift Guide 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Still, he feels the residual effects of his downward spiral from years of substance dependency. Tom Sizemore honest about long-lasting drug battle 2013-06-14T13:57:11Z Gap Dismisses Design Chief as Brand’s Slow Sales Persist Gap’s retail sales in North America have been trending downward, with same-store sales in March down 9 percent. Fashion Shows 2011-05-11T15:04:06Z His brow travelled downward on his face until it was set in a deep furrow. Magic out of mould: inside the world’s wildest restaurant | Jordan Kisner 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Otherwise, as humankind's downward spiral increases in velocity the novel too will draw its last breath. İnci Aral: The future of the novel 2013-02-28T14:00:02Z Now it is being forced to implement even fiercer cuts, which critics say will just push Greece further into a downward spiral. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z But more than the physical symptoms, the comorbid psychological trauma is what tips James into a hellish downward spiral, which Lee draws us into with unrelenting dread and deadpan wit. In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The Lake Washington sockeye counts at the Ballard Lock fish ladder continue to move in downward direction that hasn’t been seen in quite some time. Early Lake Washington sockeye counts still very disappointing 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Over the past 40 years, we’ve succeeded in bending the expected population curve downward significantly — and that’s a really important win for the future of the planet. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z Here he was exceptionally fine, from the meaty downward line, amid trembling violas, in the Mendelssohn quintet’s third movement to the exuberant blossoming at the start of the Brahms. Season Finale at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z From the way that Eric’s business is quickly spiraling downward, money appears to have stopped talking to him. ‘Cosmopolis,’ Directed by David Cronenberg 2012-08-16T21:29:47Z One effortful lift, in which a woman is held aloft by her pelvis while her head and limbs aim downward, soon looks like a gimmick. Review: Mark Morris’s New Pastoral Says Less Than Its Music 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Paul wasn’t returning the look, though; his eyes were focused downward to where he was quietly, carefully finishing Jeff’s dinner. Modern Love: Modern Love - A Father, a Son and a Fighting Chance 2012-06-14T20:45:23Z Her spindly legs, oversized feet, and downward gaze expressed awkward pubescent self-consciousness, while the gargantuan scale drove home her discomfort. ‘New Works by Ron Mueck’ Review: Craft Meets Emotion, Personified 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z A maelstrom of life-shattering events in a Brooklyn parochial school pulls the characters downward through 90 intermission-less minutes with the swiftness of a good whodunit. 1st Stage puts on taut drama ‘Doubt’ 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z |
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